All 3 Uses
aggrieve
in
Don Quixote
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- and his notion, which he explained to the barber, was that he himself should assume the disguise of a wandering damsel, while the other should try as best he could to pass for a squire, and that they should thus proceed to where Don Quixote was, and he, pretending to be an aggrieved and distressed damsel, should ask a favour of him, which as a valiant knight-errant he could not refuse to grant;†
Chpt 1.25-26 *aggrieved = felt harmed by unfair treatment
- If perchance thou shouldst come to know him, tell him from me that I do not hold myself aggrieved; for I know well what the temptations of the devil are, and that one of the greatest is putting it into a man's head that he can write and print a book by which he will get as much fame as money, and as much money as fame; and to prove it I will beg of you, in your own sprightly, pleasant way, to tell him this story.†
Chpt 2.0
- for which reasons I ought not to feel, nor do I feel, aggrieved at what that good man said to me;†
Chpt 2.31-32
Definitions:
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(1)
(aggrieve) feeling harmed by unfair treatment; or (more rarely) harming someone unfairly
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)