aggrieved
adjective C2- Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment. · I am aggrieved at the conditions which have been forced upon me.
- Having one's rights denied or curtailed. · The aggrieved person may present their petition to the court for review.
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The Hound, feeling much aggrieved at this, reproached his companion, saying, “It is very hard to have all this labor, while you, who do not assist in the chase, luxuriate on the fruits of my exertions.” The Housedog replied, “Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others.”
“We’d enough to do without lookin’ after him,” the policeman said, in an aggrieved voice.
The burden of fault evaporates into the ether, leaving the aggrieved party with a hollow acknowledgment devoid of genuine accountability.
The offender must look the aggrieved party in the eye, metaphorically or literally, and validate their pain without caveat or justification.
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