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unhappy and angry because of unfair treatment: He felt aggrieved at not being chosen for the team. One aggrieved customer complained that he still hadn't received the book he had ordered several weeks ago. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Angry and displeased. acridly. acrimonious. acrimoniously. amused.
1. : troubled or distressed in spirit. 2. a. : suffering from an infringement or denial of legal rights. aggrieved minority groups. b. : showing or expressing grief, injury, or offense. an aggrieved plea. aggrievedly. ə-ˈgrē-vəd-lē. adverb. Synonyms. discontented. disgruntled. displeased. dissatisfied. malcontent.
verb [ T ] uk / əˈɡriːv / us / əˈɡriːv / Add to word list. to make someone unhappy and angry: Years later, this unfairness still aggrieves him. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure. aggravate. alienate. anger. annoyance. bend. go too far idiom. goat. grate. hack someone off. harass. nark.
verb. ag· grieve ə-ˈgrēv. aggrieved; aggrieving. Synonyms of aggrieve. transitive verb. 1. : to give pain or trouble to : distress. 2. : to inflict injury on. Choose the Right Synonym for aggrieve. wrong, oppress, persecute, aggrieve mean to injure unjustly or outrageously.
Aggrieved definition: wronged, offended, or injured. See examples of AGGRIEVED used in a sentence.
aggrieved (at/by something) feeling that you have been treated unfairly. He had every right to feel aggrieved at the decision. The villagers felt deeply aggrieved by the closing of the railway station. ‘What am I supposed to do about it?’ he said in an aggrieved tone.
Definition of aggrieved adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you feel aggrieved, you feel upset and angry because of the way you have been treated.
If you feel aggrieved, you feel upset and angry because of the way in which you have been treated. I really feel aggrieved at this sort of thing. Synonyms: hurt , wronged , injured , harmed More Synonyms of aggrieved
Aggrieved Definition. ə-grēvd. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Adjective. Verb. Filter. adjective. Feeling distress or affliction. American Heritage. Having a grievance; wronged. Webster's New World. Treated wrongly; offended. American Heritage. Injured in one's legal rights. Webster's New World.
