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Synonyms of aggrieve

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Another word for aggrieve is pain. Other synonyms of aggrieve are upset, torture, unhappy, torment and grieve.

Synonyms and similar words for aggrieve

verbTo cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict.

  • afflictTo cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
  • agonizeTo cause agony or anguish in someone.
  • anguishTo cause to suffer pain.
  • dere British, dialectalTo hurt; harm; injure; wound.
  • excruciateTo inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
  • hurt
  • irritateTo induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
  • pangTo cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
  • pineTo inflict pain upon; to torment.
  • rackTo cause (someone) to suffer pain.
  • tormentTo cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.).
  • tortureTo intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or...
  • wring figurativelyTo cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment.
  • besorrowTo sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad.
  • grieveTo cause sorrow or distress to.
  • painTo hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to...
  • bring downTo make (someone) feel bad emotionally.
  • come down onTo cause melancholy in (someone).
  • darkenTo render gloomy, darker in mood.
  • dashTo dishearten; to sadden.
  • dejectMake sad or dispirited.
  • depressTo make depressed, sad or bored.
  • desolateTo make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
  • dispiritTo lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.
  • forset UK, dialectalTo upset; hinder.
  • get downTo depress; discourage; fatigue.
  • grievenTo make or become grievous or grief-stricken; to fill or be filled with grief.
  • oppressTo make sad or gloomy.
  • saddenTo become sad or unhappy.
  • sadden upTo become or make (something) sad.
  • ungladdenTo take the gladness from.
  • unhappyTo make or become unhappy; to sadden.
  • upsetTo make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
  • ache literary, rareTo cause someone or something to suffer pain.
  • throe obsoleteTo cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.
  • attrist archaicTo sadden; to make sad.
  • begloom archaicTo sadden.
  • begrieve archaicTo cause grief or grieving.
  • contristate obsoleteTo make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.
  • engrieve archaicTo cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain.
  • moan obsoleteTo grieve.
  • repent archaic
  • rue obsoleteTo cause to feel sorrow or pity.
  • tristitiate obsoleteTo sadden.

verbTo grieve; to lament.

  • mournTo express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
  • gloomTo look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
  • bleed
  • lamentTo express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
  • remorseTo experience remorse or sorrow; to regret.
  • regretTo feel sorry about (any thing).
  • sighTo lament; to grieve.
  • sorrowTo feel or express grief.
  • condole obsoleteTo express deep sorrow; to grieve, to lament.
  • erme obsoleteTo grieve; to feel sad.
  • wayment obsoleteTo lament.
  • yearn obsolete

Meaning of aggrieve

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

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Questions about synonyms of aggrieve

What is another word for aggrieve?
Aggrieve has 56 synonyms on Word.ws, such as pain, upset, torture, unhappy, torment, grieve, pang and rack.
What does aggrieve mean?
Aggrieve means to cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict.

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