单词 | aggrievance |
释义 | aggrievancen. 1. a. A grievance (grievance n. 3). Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] > ground of complaint lastOE plainta1382 aggrievance1389 griefc1420 grievance1481 condemnation1534 complaint1732 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 101 (MED) Til swiche tyme as he has shewed his agreuaunce til ye Alderman. 1429 Norwich Constit. in Patent Roll, 8 Henry VI 15 Nov. (P.R.O.: C 66/426) m. 12 [He] xal take sewte ne querell in no maner wyse aȝens any of his felas Aldermen in to that tyme that he hath shewyd and declared his compleynt ans [read and] his aggreuauns to the Mair. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xvii. 971 For remedy of which aggreuances..the people..determined to resist with their weapons. 1649 W. Ball Power of Kings 2 That..our Kings should Redresse such Agrievances as they should complaine of. 1711 in Arch. Maryland (1909) XXIX. 68 We addressed your Honours setting forth an Aggrievance..not intending thereby to accriminate any Person. 1769 B. Franklin Petition Feb. in Papers (1972) XVI. 55 The Act of Parliament..is complained of as an Aggrievance by the Inhabitants of the said Colonies. 1816 S. Whelpley Lett. addressed to C. Strong 63 In the present case the aggrievance is very great, and even a sufficient cause for war. 1888 E. McMurdo Hist. Portugal 288 Should any aggrievance be done to any of them he would visit them with the extraordinary penalty of 6,000 soldos. 1919 Indian Appropriation Bill (Subcomm. Comm. Indian Affairs, House of Representatives) 38 The party aggrieved shall apply to the civil authorities of the country for a proper redress of their aggrievances. 1998 S. Tannock in S. M. Hoyle & C. T. Adger Kids Talk xiii. 234 They offer ways of ‘getting back’ at someone else for an aggrievance through words rather than direct physical attack. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [noun] sorrowOE ail?c1225 scorpion?c1225 dolec1290 angera1325 anguishc1330 cupa1340 aggrievancea1400 discomfortc1405 afflictionc1429 sytec1440 pressurea1500 constraint1509 tenterhook1532 grief1535 annoying1566 troubler1567 griper1573 vexation1588 infliction1590 trouble1591 temptationc1595 load1600 torment1600 wringer1602 sorance1609 inflicting1611 brusha1616 freighta1631 woe-heart1637 ordeala1658 cut-up1782 unpleasure1792 iron maiden1870 mental cruelty1899 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 164 (MED) If þat a wounde be in diafragma, þes ben þe signys..greet agreuaunce for to drawe his breeþ. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 8 Aggreuauns, gravamen, nocumentum, tedium. 1593 in R. S. Phœnix Nest 33 And so the place to needfull sleepe prepars Who Motherlike, most tenderly asswages, The daies aggreeuances and damages. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xvi. 38 Those great agonies and aggrievances of spirit that the true members of Christ are cast into by beholding such abominable practices. 1704 J. Gother Prayers for Sundays 510 O God! To thee our aggrievances are known. 2. The action of aggrieving; troubling or annoying; oppression. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > oppression, persecution, or affliction threat971 constraintc1374 oppressiona1382 pressurec1384 aggrievancea1400 thronga1400 oppress1488 aggrievement1646 compression1759 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > harassment baiting1303 cumbrance1377 persecutiona1382 pursuita1387 aggrievancea1400 vexing?a1425 molestation1435 stroublance1439 inquietation1461 distrouble1483 infestance1490 encumberment1509 molesting1523 vexationa1525 inquieting1527 inquietance1531 molestie1532 infestationc1540 moiling1565 plaguing1566 pesterment1593 commacerating1599 molestance1642 harass1667 harassing1689 harassment1753 aggrievement1778 badgering1785 pesteration1802 bedevilment1844 worrying1848 tail-twisting1887 bloodhounding1891 aggravation1902 static1923 crap1935 hassle1969 monstering1979 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 271 (MED) Þoruȝ þe agreuaunce þat dindimo haþ, siphac mai be agreued. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 172/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II To the aggreeuance of good subiects, & to the incouragement of the wicked. 1596 B. Griffin Fidessa xxviii. sig. C6v Vntoward subiect of the least aggrieuance. 1688 P. Rycaut tr. G. de la Vega Royal Comm. Peru (new ed.) iv. iv. 664 If we have administred these Offices faithfully and without the prejudice or aggrievance of any person; what reason is there that we should be deprived of our Indians. 1757 W. Harris Fiction Unmasked 64 If they met any Aggrievance, Oppression, or Exaction from the Lords, that they should complain to the Judges of Assize. 1819 J. Foster Ess. Evils Pop. Ignorance (1834) 4 The aggrievance of things which inevitably continue in our presence. 1908 R. J. Farrer In Old Ceylon iv. 64 The protracted ferocity of its [sc. a conch's] screams, their ramifications, their personal note of intense annoyance, aggrievance, and a peevishness so dominant as to verge upon devilish malice. 2010 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 11 Apr. 44 Money..is a powerful tool for continued aggrievance. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > making or becoming impairingc1380 failinga1382 aggrievance1502 decaying1530 fading1578 worsinga1583 rusting1597 degeneration1607 degenerating1611 improvementa1617 going back1631 aggravidizationa1641 disimprovement1649 decidence1655 deterioration1658 pejoration1658 exaggeration1661 marasmus1681 sinking1701 unimprovement1760 worsening1811 worsering1883 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > aggravation of offences aggrievance1502 aggravation1543 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxv. sig. hh.iii It is also agreuaunce [Fr. aggrauance] of synne more or lesse of asmoche that a man eteth many tymes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1389 |
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