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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. made more severe or intense especially in law;
- Example: "aggravated assault"

2. incited, especially deliberately, to anger;
- Example: "aggravated by passive resistance"
- Example: "the provoked animal attacked the child"
[syn: aggravated, provoked]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aggravate \Ag"gra*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggravated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggravating.] [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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] To aggravate the horrors of the scene. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. --Paley. [1913 Webster] 4. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. --Richardson (Clarissa). [1913 Webster] Syn: To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate; provoke; irritate; exasperate. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

aggravated \aggravated\ adj. 1. 1 made more severe or intense, especially in law; as, aggravated assault. Syn: intensified. [WordNet 1.5] 2. 1 incited, especially deliberately, to anger. aggravated by passive resistance Syn: provoked. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aggravated adj 1: made more severe or intense especially in law; "aggravated assault" 2: incited, especially deliberately, to anger; "aggravated by passive resistance"; "the provoked animal attacked the child" [syn: aggravated, provoked]