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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Recent Examples of aggrieved
Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Some felt sidelined, aggrieved or became concerned about their own career prospects.
—Paul Vanderbroeck, Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
Loong & French should feel pretty aggrieved here, having been robbed of the opportunity to play further into the draw.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
In Virginia, a dissident hinterland landowner named Nathaniel Bacon led a revolt by aggrieved Colonists that torched the English provincial capital at Jamestown.
—Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
The emails appeared to have been written by Epstein on behalf of an aggrieved employee of Gates who was resigning.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Some felt sidelined, aggrieved or became concerned about their own career prospects.
—Paul Vanderbroeck, Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
Loong & French should feel pretty aggrieved here, having been robbed of the opportunity to play further into the draw.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
In Virginia, a dissident hinterland landowner named Nathaniel Bacon led a revolt by aggrieved Colonists that torched the English provincial capital at Jamestown.
—Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrieved
Adjective
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Senate Democrats emerged from a weekly caucus meeting seemingly uniformly dissatisfied with legislative text offered by the GOP.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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Even with improvements in air quality and urban mobility, many locals remain dissatisfied.—
Lisa Courbebaisse,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Demi herself looks perturbed but moves on quickly.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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But on the other hand, Amir and Jahan do, in fact, act strangely enough — including walking around at night, and humming in cartoonishly sinister ways — that even the most rational and accepting observers would be rightly perturbed.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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The outcome will likely transform the already heated debate over social media addiction as a concept, what role apps may play in engineering it, and whether individuals like Kaley can prove they’re afflicted.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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The disease afflicted homosexuals, Haitians, haemophiliacs and heroin addicts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Workers across the nation have called out sick, partially out of protest and also to come up with other ways to make money, that have resulted in long security lines and frustrated passengers.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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One of them is slapped on the field by a frustrated boy.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The second came when UConn stunned Duke on that last-second 3-point shot to upset the Blue Devils in the Elite Eight.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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And the regulation shift is sure to upset certain people.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Mar. 2026
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In Thomas Bernhard’s The Loser, Wertheimer, tormented by encountering a genius in the form of fellow piano student Glenn Gould, gives up his dreams of performing and moves in with his sister.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Cuba’s economy, already hollowed out by mismanagement, communist economic ideology, sanctions, and the end of subsidized oil from Venezuela, is now tormented by island-wide blackouts and food shortages.—
Sarah Fitzpatrick,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Alienation doesn’t only spur people to conquer the system that alienated them.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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His role in Wayne Rooney’s 2006 World Cup quarter-final red card and the infamous wink that followed alienated a large section of English supporters.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Aquarion sale has had a long and tortured regulatory history, having been first proposed during a bitter, years-long standoff between the utility industry and former PURA Chairman Marissa Gillett.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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But Saleh has carved out a unique place for himself as an avatar for restrained, tortured, and resilient Arab male dignity.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Aggrieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrieved. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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