noun
- a feeling of resentment or distress caused by unfair treatment
Usage: formal
Examples
- The employee filed a complaint expressing his aggrievement over the unfair dismissal.
- Her sense of aggrievement grew stronger after being passed over for promotion again.
- The community’s aggrievement about the new policy was evident at the town hall meeting.
- He spoke with obvious aggrievement about how he had been treated by his former business partner.
- The letter detailed their aggrievement regarding the company’s broken promises.
- Years of aggrievement had built up among the workers due to poor working conditions.