AGGRAVATED

aggravated, provoked

(adjective) incited, especially deliberately, to anger; “aggravated by passive resistance”; “the provoked animal attacked the child”

aggravated

(adjective) made more severe or intense especially in law; “aggravated assault”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

aggravated

simple past tense and past participle of aggravate

Adjective

aggravated (comparative more aggravated, superlative most aggravated)

Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.

Synonyms

• aggro

Source: Wiktionary


AGGRAVATE

Ag"gra*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggravated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggravating.] Etym: [L. aggravatus, p. p. of aggravare. See Aggrieve.]

1. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.] "To aggravate thy store." Shak.

2. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. "To aggravate my woes." Pope. To aggravate the horrors of the scene. Prescott. The defense made by the prisioner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. Addison.

3. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. Paley.

4. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [Colloq.] If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. Richardson (Clarissa).

Syn.

– To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate; provoke; irritate; exasperate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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