Aggrieved vs Placated - What's the difference?
aggrieved | placated |
Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Saj Chowdhury
, title=Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle
, work=BBC Sport
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy will rightly be aggrieved by those two decisions. }} (legal) Having one's rights denied or curtailed.
(aggrieve)
(placate)
To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate.
As verbs the difference between aggrieved and placated
is that aggrieved is (aggrieve) while placated is (placate).As an adjective aggrieved
is angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.aggrieved
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I am aggrieved at the conditions which have been forced upon me.
citation, page= , passage=Steven Fletcher headed in for Wolves late on, who were denied a penalty and what appeared to be a legitimate equaliser in stoppage time.
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy will rightly be aggrieved by those two decisions. }}
- The aggrieved person may present their petition to the court for review.