In lang=en terms the difference between aggrieve and aggress
is that aggrieve is 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 while aggress is to set upon; to attack.
As verbs the difference between aggrieve and aggress
is that aggrieve is 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 while aggress is to set upon; to attack.
As a noun aggress is
aggression.
aggrieve
English
Verb
(aggriev)
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.
(obsolete) To grieve; to lament.
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aggress
English
Noun
(-)
Aggression.
Verb
(es)
To set upon; to attack.
To commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a quarrel or controversy with; to make an attack against.
Derived terms
* microaggress
Related terms
* aggression
* aggressive
* aggressiveness
* aggressor
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