aggrieve

The government says the main legislation relevant to spiking is Section 24 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861, which includes maliciously administering poison with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy that person.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2024

In his opinion, Watson wrote “because the model policies are directed only to school boards, they cannot affect or aggrieve anyone other than the school boards.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

It wasn’t to aggrieve one particular sense of wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2015

The morals still aggrieve him and, even with Terry no longer around, that makes it a calculated gamble on Hodgson's part.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2013

And if it now were, it were not too soon;   Would that it were, seeing it needs must be,   For 'twill aggrieve me more the more I age.

From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The actor worked with Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers to adapt the true story of a radio news broadcaster and an aggrieved kidnapper with modern-day parallels to figures like Luigi Mangione.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Bronson’s aggrieved architect in the classic “Death Wish” films didn’t have a guiding philosophy.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

The result: Increasing numbers of underemployed, overcredentialed and aggrieved young people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Will Nigel Farage ditch the "aggrieved" tone he has been accused of adopting recently?

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The station agent made no judgments and looked genuinely aggrieved by Lovey’s fate.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Medium has taken different strategic paths, sometimes aggrieving writers with its sudden shifts in focus.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022

For writers, editors, graphic designers, and others on gig work platforms, navigating resellers have become an aggrieving part of the grind that can border on deceitful.

From The Verge ● Feb. 9, 2022

It is an unorthodox interview because the Football Association, mindful of aggrieving City, have asked Lescott to keep the subject to England and not discuss club issues when, of course, the two are intrinsically linked.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2013

How does Moscow satisfy the growing hunger for self-rule in the republics without aggrieving the large numbers of local Russians?

From Time Magazine Archive

But the next day he began to look into the matter, the investigation was continued for a time, though no one had the slightest idea who had been the aggrieving parties.

From The Fisher Girl by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson