aggrieve
Verb
Verb Forms: aggrieved, aggrieving, aggrieves
- To cause distress or grief to someone.
- infringe on the rights of
- cause to feel sorrow
- To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
- To grieve; to lament.
Examples
- It will aggrieve my opponent when I use all seven tiles.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English agreven, from Old French agrever; a (Latin ad) + grever (“to burden, injure”), from Latin gravare (“to weigh down”), from gravis (“heavy”). See grieve, and compare with aggravate.
Synonyms
grieve, ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, bleed, bring down, condole, contristate, dash, deject, depress, dere, desolate, dispirit, engrieve, erme, excruciate, forset, get down, gloom, grieven, hurt, irritate, lament, moan, mourn, oppress, pang, pine, rack, regret, rue, sadden, sadden up, sigh, sorrow, throe, torment, torture, tristitiate, ungladden, unhappy, upset, wayment, wring, yearn
Scrabble Score: 13
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