as in dissatisfied
having a feeling that one has been wronged or thwarted in one's ambitions
a line of aggrieved ticket-holders, demanding a refund for the cancelled concert
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as in perturbed
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as in afflicted
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Recent Examples of aggrieved
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2026
Regardless of the facts, each side views itself as the aggrieved party and the other as the aggressor, sees the stakes as too high to step back unilaterally, and treats restraint as surrender.
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Bruce Sibley,
Time,
29 May 2026
There's cynic Kate (Fey) and her golden retriever husband Jack (Forte), even more cynical and gossipy Danny (Domingo) and his urbane husband Claude (Marco Calvani), Nick's aggrieved ex-wife Anne and his very pregnant girlfriend Ginny.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
In the context of their fitful performance levels over the course of 2025-26, neither could feel too aggrieved to have missed out.
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Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Adjective
Here, Jay seemed aggrieved, almost overly intense, demonstrative with his body language and vocal inflection.
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Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2026
Regardless of the facts, each side views itself as the aggrieved party and the other as the aggressor, sees the stakes as too high to step back unilaterally, and treats restraint as surrender.
—
Bruce Sibley,
Time,
29 May 2026
There's cynic Kate (Fey) and her golden retriever husband Jack (Forte), even more cynical and gossipy Danny (Domingo) and his urbane husband Claude (Marco Calvani), Nick's aggrieved ex-wife Anne and his very pregnant girlfriend Ginny.
—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
In the context of their fitful performance levels over the course of 2025-26, neither could feel too aggrieved to have missed out.
—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrieved
Adjective
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Inflation is a sore spot for Americans, who are growing more dissatisfied with the economy, according to polls and consumer surveys.
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Gen Zers are even more dissatisfied with their opportunities, Blanchflower says, amid factors like underemployment, the Covid-19 pandemic, war, trade tariffs, artificial intelligence, automation and job-hugging.
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And Hinch was jeered again after Jones struck out, bookending the booing and showing Tigers fans are perturbed over the team’s downfall.
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Lobo appeared perturbed that the shop’s owner brought the claim to the Clark County District Attorney instead of filing a civil suit.
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Jude, meanwhile, was shifting from tossing cones to tugging at his ears, afflicted with the same malady that had landed several of the toddlers on the room’s version of the injury list.
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They are both afflicted by cognitive and/or hearing issues.
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Djokovic became so frustrated that he was given a code violation warning for smashing a racket, before eventually hauling himself over the line.
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Keli Gonzalez, a painter the museum commissioned, became frustrated by the lack of female representation.
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France will play Paraguay in the round of 16 on Saturday, facing the team that eliminated Germany in a shocking upset during a penalty shootout on Monday.
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Unfortunately for Freddy’s team, Germany was upset by Paraguay in a penalty shootout in the round of 32, ending their World Cup title hopes in the first knockout stage.
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The three-paragraph note compared Lyons to a Nazi and predicted that Lyons would be tormented by his own conscience.
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Tournament favorites France, for example, have so thoroughly taunted and tormented their opponents that anything short of the final would seem an injustice at this point.
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Moreover, Iran alienated several of its neighbors in the Gulf by launching retaliatory attacks against them and upending regional trade through the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Unluckily, Alys, freshly alienated by Daemon, arrives just in time to nurse the enemy of her enemy back to health.
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Walker was abducted, raped, tortured and murdered after attending a Valentine’s Day dance with her boyfriend.
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The actual abduction was committed, according to the feds, by supermarket owner Abu Chowdhury — who’s accused of heading a kidnapping ring that also snatched and tortured two men who crossed his vengeful wife, Iffat Lubna.
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“Aggrieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrieved. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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