aggrieve
/əˈɡɹiːv/verb
aggrieve is spelled A-G-G-R-I-E-V-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, aggrieve means “To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in aggrieve?
| Letters | 8: A-G-G-R-I-E-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is aggrieve?
Aggrieve appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce aggrieve?
- /əˈɡɹiːv/
Aggrieve has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-aggrieve.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of aggrieve
- aggrieves present, singular, he/she/it
- aggrieving participle, present
- aggrieved participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does aggrieve mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
- 2
obsoleteTo grieve; to lament.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Aggrieve in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to give pain or sorrow to, to afflict, to oppress:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aggrieve come from?
From Middle English agreven, from Old French agrever; a (Latin ad) + grever (“to burden, injure”), from Latin gravare (“to weigh down”), from gravis (“heavy”). See grieve, and compare with aggravate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).