aggrieve
/ə'gri:v/
Definition
- Verb (transitive):
- To cause grief, sorrow, or distress to someone: To make someone feel sad, hurt, or troubled.
- To infringe upon or violate the rights of someone: To treat someone unfairly or unjustly, often in a legal or formal context.
Examples of Usage
- Verb (cause sorrow):
- The news of the defeat will aggrieve the entire nation.
- It aggrieved her deeply to see the old building demolished.
- Verb (infringe rights):
- The new policy was seen to aggrieve the minority shareholders.
- Citizens felt aggrieved by the government's arbitrary actions.
Advanced Usage
- To be aggrieved: This is a common passive construction meaning to feel wronged or offended.
- She felt deeply aggrieved by his harsh criticism.
- An aggrieved party: A legal term for a person or group whose rights have been violated.
- The aggrieved party filed a formal complaint with the authorities.
Variants and Related Words
- Aggrieved (adjective): Feeling resentment due to unfair treatment.
- He spoke in an aggrieved tone about the decision.
- Aggrievance (noun, rare): The state of being aggrieved; a grievance.
Synonyms
- Distress: To cause anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
- Wrong: To treat unjustly or harm.
- Oppress: To burden with cruel or unjust impositions.
Related Phrases
- To bear a grievance: To hold onto a feeling of being wronged.
- To have a grievance against: To have a specific complaint about unfair treatment by someone.
Related Idioms
- To nurse a grievance: To dwell on a feeling of having been wronged.
- He nursed his grievance for years, refusing to forgive.
Verb
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cause to feel sorrow
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his behavior grieves his mother
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infringe on the rights of
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