| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Present participle | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb aggrieve.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (aggrieve) | 1. Infringe on the rights of.[Wordnet]. 2. Cause to feel sorrow.[Wordnet]. 3. Break the heart of; cause to feel sorrow.[Wordnet]. 4. To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved.[Websters]. 5. To grieve; to lament.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: aggrieving, aggrieved, aggrieves, aggriever, aggrievers, aggrievingly and aggrievedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "AGGRIEVING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: AGGRIEVING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Afflicting; imposing hardships on; oppressing.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of aggrieve. (references) | ||
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