Aggrieve
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈɡɹiːv/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Aggrieve is a verb meaning (transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict.
Meaning
(transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to lament.
Example Sentences
Right is positive; wrong is negative—is merely the negation of right; as cold is the negation of heat—darkness of light. That a thing may be wrong, it is necessary that there be some other thing in relation to which it is wrong—some condition which it fails to satisfy; some law which it violates; some being whom it aggrieves.
Word Forms
- aggrieves
- aggrieving
- aggrieved
Synonyms for aggrieve
Depending on context, synonyms include ache, afflict, agonize, anguish, dere, excruciate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grieve, pain, afflict, anguish, endolour, attrist.
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