Aggrieve

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To distress; afflict.
  • v. To inflict an injury or injuries on.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. 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.
  • v. To grieve; to lament.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To grieve; to lament.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To give pain or sorrow to; afflict; grieve.
  • To bear hard upon; oppress or injure in one's rights; vex or harass, as by injustice: used chiefly or only in the passive.
  • To mourn; lament.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cause to feel sorrow
  • v. infringe on the rights of
  • Verb Form
    aggrieved    aggrieves    aggrieving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    afflict    wrong   
    Form
    aggrieved    aggrieving   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    afflict    grieve    lament   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Eve    Kleve    Neave    Rajiv    Steve    achieve    aleve    believe    bereave    cleave