aggrieve

Verb
Synonyms: grieve

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. infringe on the rights of
  2. cause to feel sorrow“his behavior grieves his mother”Synonyms: grieve
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

Aggrieve \Ag*grieve"\, v. i. To grieve; to lament. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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