Why this word is great
ENGRIEVE — [Verb] To cause grief or pain to; to vex or annoy. From Middle English engreven, from Old French engrever ("to burden, make heavy"), from en- ("in, into") + grever ("to grieve, burden"), from Latin gravare ("to weigh down"), from gravis ("heavy"). Unlike "grieve" (which centers on sorrow felt) or "vex" (which skims the surface of irritation), "engrieve" is the deliberate act of pressing sorrow into another’s heart. It is the letter left unopened on the table, the slow withdrawal of affection like a tide receding from shore, or the weight of a single unkind word that settles in the chest like a stone. To engrieve is to make the world heavier for someone else—a cruelty disguised as gravity.