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
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Examples 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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Another foregrounds Vanity Fair reporter Dominick Dunne (Nathan Lane), an aggrieved dad whose daughter was killed by a man who cited past abuse as a reason for his criminal behavior.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024
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
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024
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
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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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