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   Ag·grieved

   /əˈɡrēvd/

   

   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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   What does aggrieved mean?

   • Definition of aggrieved adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 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.

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   What does it mean if you feel aggrieved?

   • If you feel aggrieved, you feel upset and angry because of the way in which you have been treated. I really feel aggrieved at this sort of thing. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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   What does agrever mean?

   • To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon;—now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved. From Middle English agreven, Old French agrever; a (Latin ad) + grever (“to burden, injure”), Latin gravare (“to weigh down”), from gravis (“heavy”). See grieve, and compare with aggravate.

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   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.

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   AGGRIEVED definition: upset or angry because someone has treated you unfairly. Learn more.

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   Definition of aggrieved adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   The meaning of AGGRIEVE is to give pain or trouble to : distress. How to use aggrieve in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Aggrieve.

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   5 days ago · adjective. If you feel aggrieved, you feel upset and angry because of the way in which you have been treated. I really feel aggrieved at this sort of thing. Synonyms: hurt, wronged, injured, harmed More Synonyms of aggrieved. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   aggrieved meaning: upset or angry because someone has treated you unfairly. Learn more.

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   Define aggrieved. aggrieved synonyms, aggrieved pronunciation, aggrieved translation, English dictionary definition of aggrieved. adj. 1. Feeling distress or affliction. 2. Treated wrongly; offended. 3. Law Treated unjustly, as by denial of or infringement upon one's legal rights....