aggrieve

ag·grieve

verb \ə-ˈgrēv\

ag·grievedag·griev·ing

Definition of AGGRIEVE

transitive verb

1

: to give pain or trouble to : distress

2

: to inflict injury on

Origin of AGGRIEVE

Middle English agreven, from Anglo-French agrever, from Latin aggravare to make heavier

First Known Use: 14th century

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with AGGRIEVE

Abib, achieve, believe, bereave, cap sleeve, conceive, deceive, French leave, frost heave, Hoccleve, inweave, khedive, motive, naive, perceive, pet peeve, plain weave, qui vive, receive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, shirtsleeve, shore leave, sick leave, unreeve, unweave, upheave