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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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The aggrieved children in age from as young as five years old to range just shy of teenagers eighteen years old. 9. Under federal statute, an “unaccompanied alien child” (hereafter “unaccompanied child” or “child”) is defined as a child under the age of 18 “who has no lawful immigration status
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.
Aggrieved definition: wronged, offended, or injured. See examples of AGGRIEVED used in a sentence.
It is a taboo to allude to these misfortunes, because the ancestors are either annoyed or aggrieved by the recollection of their disaster and this estranges them from the community.
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.
aggrudge, v. 1440–1530. Browse more nearby entries. aggrieved, adj. & n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.
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.
If you feel aggrieved, you feel upset and angry because of the way you have been treated.
People would rightly feel aggrieved if they were directed into a job, even if it was the one they wanted to have. From the Cambridge English Corpus Where one person wrongs another, damages are appropriate, whether based on the aggrieved party’s loss or on the gains made by the wrongdoer.
