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Wounded vs Aggrieved - What's the difference?

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Wounded is a related term of aggrieved.


As verbs the difference between wounded and aggrieved

is that wounded is (wound) while aggrieved is (aggrieve).

As adjectives the difference between wounded and aggrieved

is that wounded is suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle while aggrieved is angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.

As a noun wounded

is (qualifier) people who are maimed or have wounds.

wounded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wound)
  • * 1913: )
  • Nila, Agni's son, brandishing an uptorn tree, rushed on Prahasta; but he wounded the monkey with showers of arows.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.
  • * 1883:
  • ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded , and still more recently dressed.
  • (figuratively) Suffering from an emotional injury.
  • My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (qualifier) People who are maimed or have wounds.
  • The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery.

    Derived terms

    * walking wounded

    aggrieved

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.
  • I am aggrieved at the conditions which have been forced upon me.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport 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. }}
  • (legal) Having one's rights denied or curtailed.
  • The aggrieved person may present their petition to the court for review.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (aggrieve)