aggrieve
verb
ag·grieve ə-ˈgrēv 
aggrieved; aggrieving
transitive verb
1
: to give pain or trouble to : distress
2
: to inflict injury on
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Foreigners who aggrieve the Chinese Communist Party seriously enough typically get banned from the country. 
Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 4 Feb. 2022 Foyers with overly diminutive lights aggrieve Philadelphia designer Melinda Kelson O’Connor. Elizabeth Anne Hartman, WSJ, 28 May 2021 Sanders’ supporters have every right to be aggrieved at Warren subsequently issuing the code red. Libby Watson, The New Republic, 16 Jan. 2020 Asked about the credibility of some of the testimonies, Lau said the commission will hear from anyone who feels aggrieved by Cicig. Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019 Colombia: As elsewhere in the region, protesters are aggrieved by corruption and inequality. Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2019 Anglophones were aggrieved at their marginalisation in a country dominated by French-speakers. The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019 Working class Americans, normally a reliable part of the Democratic Party base, were displaced and aggrieved. Rober Kuttner, Time, 30 Sep. 2019 But perhaps not since the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868 has a Congress been so constitutionally and repeatedly aggrieved by the actions of a sitting president. Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2019 See More
Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 4 Feb. 2022 Foyers with overly diminutive lights aggrieve Philadelphia designer Melinda Kelson O’Connor. Elizabeth Anne Hartman, WSJ, 28 May 2021 Sanders’ supporters have every right to be aggrieved at Warren subsequently issuing the code red. Libby Watson, The New Republic, 16 Jan. 2020 Asked about the credibility of some of the testimonies, Lau said the commission will hear from anyone who feels aggrieved by Cicig. Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019 Colombia: As elsewhere in the region, protesters are aggrieved by corruption and inequality. Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2019 Anglophones were aggrieved at their marginalisation in a country dominated by French-speakers. The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019 Working class Americans, normally a reliable part of the Democratic Party base, were displaced and aggrieved. Rober Kuttner, Time, 30 Sep. 2019 But perhaps not since the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868 has a Congress been so constitutionally and repeatedly aggrieved by the actions of a sitting president. Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English agreven "to affect adversely, disturb, distress," borrowed from Anglo-French agrever "to make burdensome, worsen," going back to Latin aggravāre "to weigh down, burden, make worse" — more at aggravate
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Legal Definition
aggrieve
transitive verb
ag·grieve ə-ˈgrēv
aggrieved; aggrieving
: to inflict injury on: as
a
: to adversely affect the interests of
was not the party aggrieved by the exemption
b
: to infringe or deny the rights of
a person aggrieved by an unlawful search and seizure Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 41(g)
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 41(g)aggrieving
verb
1
as in discomposing
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- discomposing
- disquieting
- perturbing
- upsetting
- alienating
- annoying
- discontenting
- irritating
- disturbing
- agitating
- estranging
- nettling
- irking
- peeving
- disaffecting
- displeasing
- dissatisfying
- disgruntling
- saddening
- depressing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- gratifying
- satisfying
- contenting
- pleasing
- tickling
- delighting
- soothing
- calming
- tranquillizing
- gladdening
- tranquilizing
2
as in tormenting
Synonyms & Similar Words
- tormenting
- torturing
- afflicting
- abusing
- maiming
- laying up
- mutilating
- crippling
- mangling
- maltreating
- blowing out
- grazing
- laming
- impairing
- contusing
- hamstringing
- bruising
- creasing
- scraping
- nicking
- spoiling
- damaging
- tearing
- marring
- scarring
- lacerating
- battering
- goring
- hurting
- scathing
- harming
- scalding
- blemishing
- injuring
- wounding
- cutting
- straining
- gashing
- bloodying
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- fixing
- healing
- curing
- remedying
- mending