aggrieve Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb infringe on the rights of
  2. verb cause to feel sorrow
    grieve.
    • his behavior grieves his mother

WordNet

Ag*grieve" transitive verb
Etymology
OE. agreven, OF. agrever; a (L. ad) + grever to burden, injure, L. gravare to weigh down, fr. gravis heavy. See Grieve, and cf. Aggravate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Aggrieved present participle & verbal noun Aggrieving
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay.
Ag*grieve" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To grieve; to lament. Obs.

Webster 1913