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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ag-ruh-vey-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæg rəˌveɪ tɪd

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Définition of aggravated

Origin :
  • 1540s, "increased, magnified," past participle adjective from aggravate. Meaning "irritated" is from 1610s; that of "made worse" is from 1630s. The earlier adjective was simply aggravate (late 15c.).
  • verb annoy
  • verb cause to become worse
Example sentences :
  • How often is distress, similar to this, aggravated by unkindness!
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • She aggravated him with all manner of caresses and endearments.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Perhaps from their elevation they saw the railway, and it aggravated them.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • In his every scheme for a huge success I took now an aggravated delight.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • The cruel sensations of Imogen were not aggravated by despair, but heightened by hope.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • This was a new scandal, which revived and aggravated the first.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • The heat of the hold was intense, and aggravated our thirst tenfold.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various
  • The pain of inflammation in any degree and of any kind is aggravated by them.
  • Extract from : « The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases » by Charles West, M.D.
  • "Yes, sir; an aggravated case," said I, using the phrase of the Sessions.
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • Subsequent suspicious innuendoes had aggravated her feelings.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

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