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
… he would look up with such an aggrieved air …—
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud MontgomeryExamples of aggrieved in a Sentence
He felt aggrieved by their refusal to meet with him.
The aggrieved party may cancel the contract.
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Advertisement Regardless of the facts, each side views itself as the aggrieved party and the other as the aggressor, sees the stakes as too high to step back unilaterally, and treats restraint as surrender.
—Bruce Sibley, Time, 29 May 2026
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—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 28 May 2026
In the context of their fitful performance levels over the course of 2025-26, neither could feel too aggrieved to have missed out.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 27 May 2026
As nonviolent avenues close, aggrieved civilians become more receptive to Baloch militants’ recruitment narratives.
—Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
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Bruce Sibley, Time, 29 May 2026
There's cynic Kate (Fey) and her golden retriever husband Jack (Forte), even more cynical and gossipy Danny (Domingo) and his urbane husband Claude (Marco Calvani), Nick's aggrieved ex-wife Anne and his very pregnant girlfriend Ginny.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 28 May 2026
In the context of their fitful performance levels over the course of 2025-26, neither could feel too aggrieved to have missed out.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 27 May 2026
As nonviolent avenues close, aggrieved civilians become more receptive to Baloch militants’ recruitment narratives.
—Amira Jadoon, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for aggrieved
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aggrieved
adjective
ag·grieved
ə-ˈgrēvd 
1
: troubled or distressed in spirit
2
: having a cause for complaint
especially
: suffering from injury or loss
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