aggrievance

C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /əˈɡrivəns/ UK /əˈɡriːvəns/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a grievance; a feeling or cause of being wronged

He aired his aggrievance before the committee at length.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a grievance; a feeling or... grievance injury wrong complaint injustice

Word family

Related forms aggrieve grievance grief grieve

Etymology

From aggrieve + -ance; aggrieve is from Old French agrever ('to make heavier, oppress'), from Latin aggravare ('to make heavier'), from ad ('to') + gravare ('to weigh down'), from gravis ('heavy').

agrever Old French gravis Latin

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Topics

Emotions & Feelings

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# aggrievance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈɡrivəns/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈɡriːvəns/

## Meanings
1. a grievance; a feeling or cause of being wronged

## Examples
- He aired his aggrievance before the committee at length.

## Synonyms
- grievance
- injury
- wrong
- complaint
- injustice

## Related Forms
- aggrieve
- grievance
- grief
- grieve

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: agrever
- Root: gravis

## Etymology
From aggrieve + -ance; aggrieve is from Old French agrever ('to make heavier, oppress'), from Latin aggravare ('to make heavier'), from ad ('to') + gravare ('to weigh down'), from gravis ('heavy').

## AI Etymology
Aggrievance comes from aggrieve + -ance; aggrieve is from Old French agrever ('to make heavier, oppress'), from Latin aggravare ('to make heavier'), from ad ('to') + gravare ('to weigh down'), from gravis ('heavy'). The historical trail runs through Old French agrever and Latin gravis. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means a grievance; a feeling or cause of being wronged. Related forms include aggrieve, grievance, grief, grieve.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings

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