aggrieved
Example Sentences
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He not only imagines competing sides of a traumatic family story but also inhabits the aggrieved minds of both Douglas, the out-of-touch father, and James, his out-of-control playwright son.
From Los Angeles Times
Lindblade has already spoken to Cricket Jersey counterpart Sarah Gomersall, given the Channel Islanders might have felt somewhat aggrieved having finished above Scotland in third place at the Europe Qualifier.
From BBC
When it comes to licences, the federation is particularly aggrieved saying doctors and lawyers "have industrial rights that police officers don't have and are also far higher paid".
From BBC
The aggrieved parties each wrote funny songs about the other person, dissing them in as many ways they could think of.
From Literature
If a judge could cancel a CEO’s pay package, could a merger be unwound if some aggrieved shareholders argue it isn’t fair?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
