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
Synonyms
Examples of aggrieved in a Sentence
He felt aggrieved by their refusal to meet with him.
The aggrieved party may cancel the contract.
Recent Examples on the Web
End of carousel Gwen, the more aggrieved of the pair, is sharp enough to recognize that this scandal threatens not only the superannuated career of their boss’s boss — appropriately named Frank — but also the credibility of their entire enterprise.
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Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
As in most class-action suits, though, no matter how large the deal becomes, the real aggrieved people — in this case, individual homebuyers — won’t receive much.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
What this absolutism produced, of course, was not another fusty neo-Edwardian novel à la Orwell’s earlier Keep the Aspidistra Flying, but a wild, aggrieved tour de force of dystopian erotica.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
At the center is Lellouche’s unflinching, bursting-at-the-seams portrayal of an aggrieved man curdled by ambition, François transformed by his unearned bump in status into a callous collaborator.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
And so when his mentor and their vision for America are destroyed with a single shot, Stanton leaps into aggrieved action.
—Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Practicing this apology language requires openly and unreservedly acknowledging one’s mistakes, while also demonstrating empathy for the emotions of the aggrieved party.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Over the past 20 years, a fashion for aggrieved and confrontational behavior has migrated out of reality television into the wider entertainment and business worlds, and also into politics, in the person of Donald Trump.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2024
As the older kids, Troy and Amy remember their father as an aggrieved and angry man.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
As in most class-action suits, though, no matter how large the deal becomes, the real aggrieved people — in this case, individual homebuyers — won’t receive much.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
What this absolutism produced, of course, was not another fusty neo-Edwardian novel à la Orwell’s earlier Keep the Aspidistra Flying, but a wild, aggrieved tour de force of dystopian erotica.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
At the center is Lellouche’s unflinching, bursting-at-the-seams portrayal of an aggrieved man curdled by ambition, François transformed by his unearned bump in status into a callous collaborator.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
And so when his mentor and their vision for America are destroyed with a single shot, Stanton leaps into aggrieved action.
—Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Practicing this apology language requires openly and unreservedly acknowledging one’s mistakes, while also demonstrating empathy for the emotions of the aggrieved party.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Over the past 20 years, a fashion for aggrieved and confrontational behavior has migrated out of reality television into the wider entertainment and business worlds, and also into politics, in the person of Donald Trump.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2024
As the older kids, Troy and Amy remember their father as an aggrieved and angry man.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Aggrieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aggrieved. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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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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