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Piqued vs Aggrieved - What's the difference?

piqued | aggrieved | Related terms |

As verbs the difference between piqued and aggrieved

is that piqued is past tense of pique while aggrieved is past tense of aggrieve.

As adjectives the difference between piqued and aggrieved

is that piqued is annoyed, usually mildly and temporarily, especially by an offense to one's pride or honor while aggrieved is angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.

piqued

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pique)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Annoyed, usually mildly and temporarily, especially by an offense to one's pride or honor.

    • Synonyms

    * (annoyed) irritated, nettled, vexed

    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)