AGGRIEVED

Adjective

aggrieved (comparative more aggrieved, superlative most aggrieved)

Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.

(legal) Having one's rights denied or curtailed.

Verb

aggrieved

simple past tense and past participle of aggrieve

Source: Wiktionary


AGGRIEVE

Ag*grieve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggrieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrieving.] Etym: [OE. agreven, OF. agrever; a (L. ad) + grever to burden, injure, L. gravare to weigh down, fr. gravis heavy. See Grieve, and cf. Aggravate.]

Definition: 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. Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay.

Ag*grieve", v. i.

Definition: To grieve; to lament. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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