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AGGRAVATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incited, especially deliberately, to anger
Example:
the provoked animal attacked the child
Synonyms:
aggravated; provoked
Classified under:
Similar:
angry (feeling or showing anger)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Made more severe or intense especially in law
Example:
aggravated assault
Classified under:
Similar:
intense (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb aggravate
Context examples:
The bread burned black; for the salad dressing so aggravated her that she could not make it fit to eat.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
They shall be aggravated.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
She was rather surprised, therefore, when the silence remained unbroken, and Jo assumed a patronizing air, which decidedly aggravated Meg, who in turn assumed an air of dignified reserve and devoted herself to her mother.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
