aggrieved

Aggrieved means someone being harmed or treated poorly.

(adjective)

An example of someone who is aggrieved is an inmate who is abused by prison officials.

Aggrieved defines a situation in which someone was not afforded the appropriate legal rights.

(adjective)

An example of someone who is aggrieved in legal terms is a person who is not read his Miranda rights upon arrest.

The definition of aggrieved is someone who is distressed.

(adjective)

An example of someone who is aggrieved is a mother worrying about her sick child.

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See aggrieved in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. having a grievance; wronged
  2. injured in one's legal rights

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See aggrieved in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Feeling distress or affliction.
  2. Treated wrongly; offended.
  3. Law Treated unjustly, as by denial of or infringement upon one's legal rights.

Related Forms:

  • ag·grievˈed·ly (ə-grēˈvĭd-lē) adverb
  • ag·grievˈed·ness noun

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