to aggrieve

Examples

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• Many citizens were aggrieved by the decision to close the local hospital, which had served their community for decades.

• The Hindus were further concerned and aggrieved by British insults about their physical weakness and "effeminacy" versus the virility and masculinity of Muslims, especially those from the northwest region.

  Academic text (2002)

• There are wounds which do not bleed, but which aggrieve nonetheless.

  A Quiet Passion (2016)

• Bono had always felt aggrieved that whenever a club DJ would play a U2 song, it would empty the dance floor.

  Blog text (32)

• The sudden job loss left him feeling aggrieved, as he had devoted years to the company.

Synonyms

U

to upset

vsto aggrieve

362 1.0

Make someone feel sad or worried

focuses more on sorrow and affliction rather than worry

G

to grieve

vsto aggrieve

95 4.1

To make someone feel very sad

is broader, including distress, affliction, or oppression as well as deep sorrow

I

to injure

vsto aggrieve

52 2.5

Hurt someone's feelings by saying or doing something

targets sorrow and distress rather than deliberate offense or insult

P

to pain

vsto aggrieve

45 4.9

To make someone feel sad or upset

adds a formal sense of affliction or oppression beyond simple distress

D

to dismay

vsto aggrieve

37 4.4

Make someone feel shocked or worried by something unexpected

highlights sorrow, affliction, and oppression rather than sudden shock

Antonyms

C

to console

40 3.9

To comfort someone who feels sad or disappointed

How Distressing

to devastate

221 4.9

to distress

32 4.1

to aggrieve

• Literature

1 8.9

to upset

362 1.0

to disappoint

492 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology