aggrieve

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  1. transitive verb To distress; afflict.
  2. transitive verb To inflict an injury or injuries on.

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  • If future Presidents 'foreign policy choices aggrieve foreigners, will such victims likewise be given the opportunity to punish the former President? —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Perdue also is sure to aggrieve when she releases her budget the following week either liberal advocacy groups worried about deep spending cut proposals or Republicans like Berger, who's already called out Perdue to stay away from proposed tax increases.
  • Yet as you insult, aggrieve and inflame that easily you are a pushover object to toy, tool and twaddle. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • On this occasion, rather than the alleged actions of Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas, it was a late winner from Ben Watson that left them feeling aggrieve ... —  Football.co.uk news feed
  • It is my understanding that these two previous Newcastle Workcover Investigators had based their 'Reluctance' to sight evidence and information, that I had offered them both to support my claim, of GH Varley Board of Directors negligence to supply a safe workplace on preconceived opinions of myself being described as an aggrieve employee. —  Sydney Indymedia - Comments
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English agreven, from Old French agrever, from Latin aggravāre, to make worse; see aggravate.

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  1. from Middle English agreven, from Old French agrever, agriever, later restored agraver, aggraver, to aggravate, exasperate, = Spanish agravar = Portuguese aggravar = Italian aggravare, from Latin aggravare, make heavy, make worse, aggravate: see aggravate. Cf. aggredge and grieve.
 

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