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- Dictionaryaggrieved/əˈɡriːvd/
adjective
- 1. feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated: "they were aggrieved at the outcome" Similar Opposite
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unhappy and angry because of unfair treatment: He felt aggrieved at not being chosen for the team. One aggrieved customer complained that he still hadn't received the book he had ordered several weeks ago. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Angry and displeased. acridly. acrimonious. acrimoniously. amused.
The meaning of AGGRIEVED is troubled or distressed in spirit. How to use aggrieved in a sentence.
to make someone unhappy and angry: Years later, this unfairness still aggrieves him. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure. aggravate. alienate. anger. annoyance. bend. go too far idiom. goat. grate. hack someone off. harass. nark. rub someone up the wrong way idiom. ruffle someone's feathers idiom.
verb. ag· grieve ə-ˈgrēv. aggrieved; aggrieving. Synonyms of aggrieve. transitive verb. 1. : to give pain or trouble to : distress. 2. : to inflict injury on. Choose the Right Synonym for aggrieve. wrong, oppress, persecute, aggrieve mean to injure unjustly or outrageously.
Aggrieved definition: wronged, offended, or injured. See examples of AGGRIEVED used in a sentence.
If you feel aggrieved, you feel upset and angry because of the way you have been treated. I really feel aggrieved at this sort of thing. American English : aggrieved / əˈgrivd /
aggrieved (at/by something) feeling that you have been treated unfairly. He had every right to feel aggrieved at the decision. The villagers felt deeply aggrieved by the closing of the railway station. ‘What am I supposed to do about it?’ he said in an aggrieved tone.
to make someone unhappy and angry: Years later, this unfairness still aggrieves him. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure. aggravate. alienate. anger. annoyance. bend. go too far idiom. goat. grate. hack someone off. harass. nark. rub someone the wrong way idiom. ruffle someone's feathers idiom.
Aggrieve definition: to oppress or wrong grievously; injure by injustice.. See examples of AGGRIEVE used in a sentence.
1. Feeling distress or affliction. 2. Treated wrongly; offended. 3. Law Treated unjustly, as by denial of or infringement upon one's legal rights. ag·griev′ed·ly (ə-grē′vĭd-lē) adv. ag·griev′ed·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
