aggrieved
wronged, offended, or injured: He felt himself aggrieved.
Law. deprived of legal rights or claims.
troubled; worried; disturbed; unhappy.
Origin of aggrieved
1Other words for aggrieved
1 | abused, harmed, wounded |
Other words from aggrieved
- ag·griev·ed·ly [uh-gree-vid-lee], /əˈgri vɪd li/, adverb
- ag·griev·ed·ness, noun
Words Nearby aggrieved
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use aggrieved in a sentence
Despite the collective outpouring of grief and emotion in the days and weeks after Lennon’s death, the aggrieved widow was not really embraced by her husband’s mourning fans.
Interventions from — and lawsuits by — civil rights organizations, the federal government and aggrieved potential employees forced breweries to diversify their workforces in the 1970s and 1980s.
The solution to the craft beer industry’s sexism and diversity problems | Allyson Brantley | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostAutomatically posting your images or video to social media can add to the aggrieved party’s distress.
With airline altercations on the rise, a guide to best practices for bystanders | Tanya Ward Goodman | May 20, 2021 | Washington PostWe’ll shine a light on why so many Americans feel so aggrieved, and why they see the world and their place in it so differently.
Welcome to Made by History | Brian Rosenwald, Carly Goodman, Kathryn Brownell | April 21, 2021 | Washington PostI was such a fan of the ever-so-innocent books, where the rudest thing ever said was “golly gosh,” that I was aggrieved to learn that the writer had a darker side.
In short, Pakistan is an aggrieved state that got the short end of the stick when Partition happened.
CIA Agents Assess: How Real Is ‘Homeland’? | Chuck Cogan, John MacGaffin | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome are genuinely aggrieved by the disruption caused to the transport system.
I have written that actually black communities are quite aggrieved about black-on-black violence.
I would rather not say it annoys me because it sounds so aggrieved and me-centered.
The Author Of The Summer's Hit Paranoid Fantasy Opens Up | William O’Connor | August 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNot just crazy-eyed Michele Bachmann or perpetually aggrieved Sarah Palin types.
It’s Not the President’s Speech That Makes News but the Reactions to It | Michelle Cottle | January 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn Corpus Christi's Eve, the usual celebration greatly aggrieved the perth weekly assembly.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell"I mean the secret that affects him" she interrupted, in aggrieved tones, feeling that Mr. Carr was playing with her.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodNow-a-days, a real, good, wrong-headed aggrieved parishioner is exactly what you do want.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsIf he should be attacked by any who felt aggrieved by his recent proceedings, the Bishop was to help him at all costs.
Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) OmondThe poorer towns felt themselves aggrieved, and often put insuperable obstacles in the way of the collector.
A short history of Rhode Island | George Washington Greene
British Dictionary definitions for aggrieved
/ (əˈɡriːvd) /
feeling resentment at having been treated unjustly
Derived forms of aggrieved
- aggrievedly (əˈɡriːvɪdlɪ), adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse