as in dissatisfied
having a feeling that one has been wronged or thwarted in one's ambitions
a line of aggrieved ticket-holders, demanding a refund for the cancelled concert
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as in perturbed
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as in afflicted
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Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2024
The big question going into his face-off with Kamala Harris was which iteration of the perennially aggrieved, perpetually prevaricating ex-president would show up.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
So basically, instead of waiting for discrimination to happen and then having an aggrieved person sue, and fight, and take years and years in litigation, these states had to actually ask the federal government for approval.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
Administrative bloat already threatens to turn the professoriate into a university rump; a case like this, in which one aggrieved actor plays to the refs of not merely the managerial bureaucracy but of the state itself, only further undermines the necessary defense of academic autonomy.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
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Harris’ shrewd debate strategy, however, prompted Trump to morph on stage – from an aggressive and aggrieved showman-provocateur to an insecure and angry white man.
—Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2024
The big question going into his face-off with Kamala Harris was which iteration of the perennially aggrieved, perpetually prevaricating ex-president would show up.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
So basically, instead of waiting for discrimination to happen and then having an aggrieved person sue, and fight, and take years and years in litigation, these states had to actually ask the federal government for approval.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
Administrative bloat already threatens to turn the professoriate into a university rump; a case like this, in which one aggrieved actor plays to the refs of not merely the managerial bureaucracy but of the state itself, only further undermines the necessary defense of academic autonomy.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Aggrieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrieved. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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