1
: troubled or distressed in spirit
2
a
: suffering from an infringement or denial of legal rights
aggrieved minority groups
b
: showing or expressing grief, injury, or offense
an aggrieved plea
Examples of aggrieved in a Sentence
He felt aggrieved by their refusal to meet with him.
The aggrieved party may cancel the contract.
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Joseph Fireman, senior legal counsel at OpenAI, said on stage at a recent legal conference hosted by the Media Law Resource Center in San Francisco that aggrieved parties tend to go after those with the deepest pockets.
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Paresh Dave, Wired News, 22 May 2025
The perennially aggrieved Prince Harry, going on again about his family on television, was a close second (26.9 percent).
—George Kalogerakis, Air Mail, 17 May 2025
The Facebook user who posted them, Priscilla Gray, had worked in several roles for Schlafly but was not a party to the case, and her comments read like those of an aggrieved outsider.
—Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2025
In Nixon in China, the aggrieved president is heartfelt about healing a global schism.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
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Paresh Dave, Wired News, 22 May 2025
The perennially aggrieved Prince Harry, going on again about his family on television, was a close second (26.9 percent).
—George Kalogerakis, Air Mail, 17 May 2025
The Facebook user who posted them, Priscilla Gray, had worked in several roles for Schlafly but was not a party to the case, and her comments read like those of an aggrieved outsider.
—Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2025
In Nixon in China, the aggrieved president is heartfelt about healing a global schism.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for aggrieved
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“Aggrieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aggrieved. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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aggrieved
adjective
ag·grieved
ə-ˈgrēvd 
1
: troubled or distressed in spirit
2
: having a cause for complaint
especially
: suffering from injury or loss
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