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aggrieve

[uh-greev] / əˈgriv /
VERB
wrong
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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The government says the main legislation relevant to spiking is Section 24 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861, which includes maliciously administering poison with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy that person.

From BBC Oct. 5, 2024

In his opinion, Watson wrote “because the model policies are directed only to school boards, they cannot affect or aggrieve anyone other than the school boards.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 29, 2021

It wasn’t to aggrieve one particular sense of wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 18, 2015

The morals still aggrieve him and, even with Terry no longer around, that makes it a calculated gamble on Hodgson's part.

From The Guardian Mar. 14, 2013

And wherefore yet delayeth the reprieve Of Love, that doth not willingly afflict Its children, neither wantonly aggrieve?

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton

The fury from PlayStation die-hards, gamers more broadly, and even creators, has been absolutely boiling ever since the announcement, which earned thousands of aggrieved comments on the brand’s own website.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

But these revitalized Knicks—for decades themselves a Schadenfreudist’s delight, a faded franchise with crabby ownership and aggrieved fans—are giving even skeptical out-of-towners a case of the Manhattan warm ’n’ fuzzies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

Just make sure you don’t become so aggrieved or embittered that you let it affect your job performance.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

That came after City were left aggrieved following the previous year's loss to Manchester United, believing they should have been awarded two penalties in the game.

From BBC May 12, 2026

“Which gorgona, do you think, sits on her island aggrieved for this coral?”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Medium has taken different strategic paths, sometimes aggrieving writers with its sudden shifts in focus.

From New York Times Jul. 12, 2022

For writers, editors, graphic designers, and others on gig work platforms, navigating resellers have become an aggrieving part of the grind that can border on deceitful.

From The Verge Feb. 9, 2022

It is an unorthodox interview because the Football Association, mindful of aggrieving City, have asked Lescott to keep the subject to England and not discuss club issues when, of course, the two are intrinsically linked.

From The Guardian Mar. 24, 2013

How does Moscow satisfy the growing hunger for self-rule in the republics without aggrieving the large numbers of local Russians?

From Time Magazine Archive

On each side there was an aggrieved and aggrieving subordinate general, Sickles on the Federal side, Longstreet on the other.

From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by William Charles Henry Wood




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