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aggravated
/ˈæɡɹəˌveɪtɪd/
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What does aggravated mean?
verb
- simple past and past participle of aggravate.
adjective
- Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.
- Having become worse, more severe, or more dangerous.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- Of or characterized by factors that increase the heinousness or offensiveness of the criminal offense.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæɡɹəˌveɪtɪd/
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“Well, in an aggravated case like this one, it will be at least three dollars apiece, and I don’t know but more.”
The energy which had at once supported him under his old sufferings and aggravated their sharpness, had been gradually restored to him.
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Deigning no regard to the repeated remonstrances of Gustavus, he rather aggravated the offence by new grievances, than acceded the required satisfaction.
All this appears to have aggravated party quarrels in Rome, and to have encouraged the soldiers in acts of license and rapacity.