aggrieved

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aggrieved - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aggrieve \Ag*grieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggrieved; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Aggrieving.] [OE. agreven, OF. agrever; a (L. ad) +
     grever to burden, injure, L. gravare to weigh down, fr.
     gravis heavy. See Grieve, and cf. Aggravate.]
     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.
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           Aggrieved by oppression and extortion.   --Macaulay.
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  aggrieved \aggrieved\ adj.
     1. 1 subjected to an injustice. the aggrieved mother.
  
     Syn: injured, wronged.
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