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Antonyms for mitigated

Grammar : Verb
Spell : mit-i-geyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪt ɪˌgeɪt


Definition of mitigated

Origin :
  • early 15c., "relieve (pain)," from Latin mitigatus, past participle of mitigare "soften, make tender, ripen, mellow, tame," figuratively, "make mild or gentle, pacify, soothe," ultimately from mitis "gentle, soft" (from PIE *mei- "mild") + root of agere "do, make, act" (see act). First element is from PIE root *mei- "soft, mild." Related: Mitigated; mitigating; mitigates.
  • verb check, diminish, lighten
Example sentences :
  • The night mitigated the blunders of his temperament, it seemed.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • It is, we will suppose, of so mitigated a quality as never to have had the power to kill.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • Deeper in the forest the battering of the rain was mitigated.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • Oh my solitude will be mitigated—I shall have models and people.
  • Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James
  • The unavoidable detachment from the mob was mitigated by simple pleasures.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • How can these evils and trials be mitigated to the wife, or the husband?
  • Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey
  • The wrongs of Africa have been mitigated and removed by its justice and generosity.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
  • Franklin's animosity against the Penns was mitigated in later years.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by John Torrey Morse, Jr.
  • But Anna Leopoldowna mitigated his punishment—what a mitigation!
  • Extract from : « The Daughter of an Empress » by Louise Muhlbach
  • Then, bending from an impeccable height, she vouchsafed a mitigated pardon.
  • Extract from : « Flaming June » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

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