verb
- to cause distress, injury, or hardship to someone
Usage: formal; third person singular present tense of ‘aggrieve’
Examples
- The unfair treatment aggrieves the workers.
- It aggrieves me to see such injustice.
- The new policy aggrieves many citizens.
- Nothing aggrieves her more than dishonesty.
- The decision aggrieves the entire community.
- His behavior aggrieves his family members.