aggrieve
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aggrieve \Ag*grieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggrieved}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Aggrieving}.] [OE. agreven, OF. agrever; a (L. ad) +
grever to burden, injure, L. gravare to weigh down, fr.
gravis heavy. See {Grieve}, and cf. {Aggravate}.]
To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or
injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly
used in the passive TO be aggrieved.
[1913 Webster]
Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "aggrieve":
abuse, afflict, affront, anguish, annoy, barb the dart, befoul,
bewitch, blight, break down, bring to tears, bruise, condemn,
constrain, corrupt, crucify, crush, curse, cut, cut up, damage,
defile, deprave, desolate, despoil, destroy, disadvantage,
disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong,
do wrong by, doom, draw tears, embitter, envenom, get into trouble,
give offense, give umbrage, grieve, harass, harm, harry, hex, hurt,
hurt the feelings, impair, infect, injure, inundate, jinx,
maltreat, menace, mistreat, misuse, molest, offend, oppress,
outrage, overwhelm, pain, persecute, pierce, plague,
play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, prick,
prostrate, savage, scathe, sorrow, stab, sting, taint, threaten,
torment, torture, try, twist the knife, violate, worry, wound,
wreak havoc on, wrong
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