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.
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But the lack of due process has given the team the excuse to present itself as the aggrieved underdog and Harbaugh as a kind of martyr.
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Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
In 2020, a federal judge in New Jersey saw her 20-year-old son gunned down and her husband injured when an aggrieved former litigant opened fire at the family's home, police said.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2023
In the meantime, however, FTX's many aggrieved creditors will be left to keep one eye on Bankman-Fried's trial and the other on the Bitcoin blockchain.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023
Iran infiltrated biddable Shiite militias, and aggrieved Sunnis joined with Syrian ISIS fighters to seize large swaths of Iraqi territory.
—Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
The findings were released during the 2021 local campaign season, as Aurora voters headed to the polls in the first election since George Floyd’s death and the protests that followed — and amid an aggrieved sense among some that the pendulum had swung too far.
—Audra D. S. Burch, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
Also, revelations about Liv’s past, including the reason for her strained relationship with her meddling and aggrieved mother, Caryl (Claire Rushbrook), are too belatedly revealed.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
Perpetually aggrieved multi-millionaire narcissist frames scabbing as altruistic concern for the working man in order to satisfy insatiable need to express contempt for vulnerable transgender citizens and lob softballs to right wing wackos like Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2023
Managers at Jack’s knew aggrieved Packers fans would watch Jets games and wanted to create a promotion that locked in the bar as the destination to watch them.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
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Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
In 2020, a federal judge in New Jersey saw her 20-year-old son gunned down and her husband injured when an aggrieved former litigant opened fire at the family's home, police said.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2023
In the meantime, however, FTX's many aggrieved creditors will be left to keep one eye on Bankman-Fried's trial and the other on the Bitcoin blockchain.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023
Iran infiltrated biddable Shiite militias, and aggrieved Sunnis joined with Syrian ISIS fighters to seize large swaths of Iraqi territory.
—Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
The findings were released during the 2021 local campaign season, as Aurora voters headed to the polls in the first election since George Floyd’s death and the protests that followed — and amid an aggrieved sense among some that the pendulum had swung too far.
—Audra D. S. Burch, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
Also, revelations about Liv’s past, including the reason for her strained relationship with her meddling and aggrieved mother, Caryl (Claire Rushbrook), are too belatedly revealed.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
Perpetually aggrieved multi-millionaire narcissist frames scabbing as altruistic concern for the working man in order to satisfy insatiable need to express contempt for vulnerable transgender citizens and lob softballs to right wing wackos like Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2023
Managers at Jack’s knew aggrieved Packers fans would watch Jets games and wanted to create a promotion that locked in the bar as the destination to watch them.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
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“Aggrieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aggrieved. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.
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Kids Definition
aggrieved
adjective
ag·grieved
ə-ˈgrēvd 
1
: troubled or distressed in spirit
2
: having a cause for complaint
especially
: suffering from injury or loss
Legal Definition
aggrieved
adjective
: having a grievance: as
a
: suffering from an infringement or denial of rights
b
: having interests adversely affected
aggrieved creditors
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