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adjective
- 1. feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated: "they were aggrieved at the outcome" Similar Opposite
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AGGRIEVED definition: 1. unhappy and angry because of unfair treatment: 2. unhappy and angry because of unfair…. Learn more.
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.
Aggrieve means to make someone unhappy and angry, especially by unfair or wrong treatment. Learn how to use this verb in sentences, see synonyms and antonyms, and find translations in different languages.
Aggrieved definition: wronged, offended, or injured. See examples of AGGRIEVED used in a sentence.
If you feel aggrieved, you feel upset and angry because of the way you have been treated.
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.
Define aggrieved. aggrieved synonyms, aggrieved pronunciation, aggrieved translation, English dictionary definition of aggrieved. adj. 1. Feeling distress or affliction. 2. Treated wrongly; offended. 3. Law Treated unjustly, as by denial of or infringement upon one's legal rights....
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.
When you're talking about interpersonal issues, to aggrieve someone is to hurt their feelings, but in the legal sense, it means something slightly different: it's not feelings that are hurt when one is aggrieved, but one's rights. Definitions of aggrieve. verb. cause to feel distress. synonyms: grieve, harrow. see more. verb.
