aggrieve

Meaning

Verb

To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
To grieve; to lament.

Origin

From Middle English agreven, from Old French agrever; a + grever, from Latin gravare ("to weigh down"), from gravis. See grieve, and compare with aggravate.

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