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Synonyms for aggrieve

  • verb

Most common

pain hurt abuse wound grieve sorrow

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Pain — to cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict

pain, hurt, abuse, wound, oppress, afflict, wrong, trouble, harry, torture, distress, annoy, anguish, torment, harass, injure, desolate, vex, molest, sadden, maltreat, rack

2. Grieve — to grieve; to lament

grieve, sorrow, mourn

Antonyms

elevate, succour, succor

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Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict

  2. v. 2

    To grieve; to lament.

Forms

Past participle
aggrieved
e.g. aggrieved → pained, abused, wounded, oppressed…

Example sentences

  • pain By and large, women can bear pain better than men.
  • hurt I don't want to hurt Tom, but I will if I have to.
  • wound He cleansed the wound before putting on a bandage.
  • oppress Islam doesn't give men the right to oppress women.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
aggrievesteady
painrising
hurtrising
woundrising
oppressrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
vex1
4 letters
pain1, hurt1, rack1
5 letters
wrong1, abuse2, harry2, wound1, annoy2, mourn1
6 letters
sorrow2, harass2, injure2, grieve1, molest2, sadden2
7 letters
trouble2, torture2, anguish2, torment2, oppress2, afflict2
8 letters
distress2, desolate3, maltreat

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abuse2 = 2 syllables).