aggrievement

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Recent Examples of aggrievement If aggrievement offers a general motive for mass murder, a shooter’s choice of location may offer more specific clues as to the circumstances that set him off, experts say. Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023 The Russian nationalist leader was a senior lawmaker whose sulphurous rhetoric and antics alarmed the West but appealed to Russians’ aggrievement and wounded pride. Bernard McGhee, al, 31 Dec. 2022 Predictably, the few recent mandates have elicited a good deal of aggrievement and derision from the anti-masking set. Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2022 The aggrieved white parent is perhaps the most potent reactionary figure in this country and the American classroom is a common scene of their aggrievement, waging battles against school desegregation and leading efforts fighting the teaching of evolution. Esther Wang, The New Republic, 14 July 2021 See All Example Sentences for aggrievement
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Noun
  • In the conscious state, says Miller, such perturbations only briefly affect how the brain behaves.
    Veronique Greenwood, Time, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Rigid wings experienced abrupt destabilization, while passive soft wings without sensing and control struggled to recover from larger flow perturbations.
    Etiido Uko March 09, New Atlas, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There will always be an undertone of uneasiness, but Leetch has chosen to focus on the positives, particularly how Keenan’s demanding style led to the best conditioning of his career.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Many economists and financial analysts seem puzzled by Americans’ uneasiness about business conditions.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • That disquiet is all merely a footnote now, though.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Fears that the war could flare again are fueling a sense of disquiet in the country.
    Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • The entrance to the Backrooms is discovered by Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who is living inside his low-budget furniture store after a brutal divorce, nursing a bitter resentment to how things have turned out.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • After years of resentment and collateral damage, Cassie and Lexi finally make peace and get the hell out of Dodge—each pursuing her own artistic ambitions, but no longer trapped by the same family dysfunction and exploitative professional settings.
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The dejection briefly abated when people standing along the metal doors of the theater heard muffled cheers when the taping began, bringing a few smiles to the gathering.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 May 2026
  • Where there is excitement and bravado, Neto can also show dejection when the results aren’t going in his favor.
    Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 20 May 2026

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“Aggrievement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrievement. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.

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