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   aggrieved

   /əˈɡriːvd/

   adjective

   • 1. feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated: "they were aggrieved at the outcome" Similar resentfulaffrontedindignantdisgruntleddiscontentedangrydistressedunhappydisturbedanguishedhurtpainedupsetoffendedpiquedin high dudgeonrilednettledvexedirkedirritatedannoyedput outchagrinedinformal:peevedmiffedin a huffcheesed offsoresteamedvulgar slang:pissed offpissedOpposite pleased

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘distressed’): past participle of aggrieve, from Old French agrever ‘make heavier’, based on Latin aggravare (see aggravate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. aggrievedly adverb

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