navrer

Meaning

1. (transitive) to cause great pain or affliction
2. (figuratively, transitive) to upset; dismay
3. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) to wound

Concepts

sadden

afflict

distress

upset

vex

wound

Synonyms

désoler

peiner

affliger

attrister

chagriner

contrister

accabler

affecter

atteindre

toucher

se chagriner

s’attrister

s’affliger

Translations

betrüben

bekümmern

rattristare

bedroeven

bedrücken

triestig maken

droevig worden

droevig maken

entristir

sich betrüben

traurig stimmen

affliggere

intristire

verdrieten

afligir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/na.vʁe/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: navrer

Inherited from Old French: navrer

Cognate with Catalan: nafrar

In summary

Inherited from Middle French navrer (“to wound”), from Old French navrer, nafrer (“to hurt by piercing or cutting, pierce through the heart, break someone's heart”), first attested in Norman texts; then later, through chivalry, in texts from Central and Southern France.
Further origin uncertain, but likely from Old Norse nafra (“to pierce or bore with an auger”), from nafarr (“auger”). Compare Catalan nafrar (“to wound”).
Alternatively, derivation from Latin naufragāre (“to make or become shipwrecked, ruin, spoil”) has also been suggested, although this is less likely based on phonological and semantic grounds: naufragāre would have typically resulted in Old French *nofraier, *noufrayer rather than navrer, nafrer.