aggrieve
To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
Verb
- To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
- Right is positive; wrong is negative—is merely the negation of right; as cold is the negation of heat—darkness of light. That a thing may be wrong, it is necessary that there be some other thing in relation to which it...
Synonyms: ache afflict aggrieve agonize anguish dere excruciate hurt irritate pang pine rack throe torment torture wring attrist begloom begrieve besorrow grieve pain bring down come down on
- To grieve; to lament.
Synonyms: mourn rue aggrieve besorrow condole darken engrieve erme gloom grieve grieven bleed lament moan remorse repent regret sigh sorrow wayment yearn
Origin
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.