Agrieved or aggrieved?
Did you mean aggrieved? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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agrieved
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aggrieved
Correct spelling: aggrieved. Misspelling: agrieved.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Double G, and "ie" in the middle: ag-GRIEV-ed, like grieve.
Why people write “agrieved”
The misspelling “agrieved” is only one letter off: it uses a single G where aggrieved has a double GG.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make aggrieved automatic.
Other misspellings of “aggrieved”
People also write “aggreived”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“aggreived”
Correct spelling: aggrieved. Misspelling: aggreived.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “aggreived” is only one letter off: it writes EI instead of IE, the classic "i before e" trap.
What does “aggrieved” mean?
aggrieved verb
- infringe on the rights of
- cause to feel sorrow
“his behavior grieves his mother”
Synonyms:grieve
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Aggrieved” in a sentence
- The aggrieved customer asked for a refund.
- His behavior grieves his mother.
Is “aggrieved” a playable word?
15 points in Scrabble · 18 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“agrieved” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from AGGRIEVED.