Anagrams of ENGRIEVING_

• the activity of causing to have energy and be active

• supplying motive force

• a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)

• a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound

• the activeness of an energetic personality

• extremely annoying or displeasing

• causing irritation or annoyance

• a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

• dance to jive music; dance the jive

• a striking or amusing or caustic remark

• a new appraisal or evaluation

• an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)

• a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

• (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data

• a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians

• a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art

• a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

• (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)

• practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

• a formal or official examination

• look at again; examine again

• appraise critically

• hold a review (of troops)

• refresh one's memory

• look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember