Word Finder - aggravated

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To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.

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(by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.

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To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.

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He aggravated the story.

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To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.

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To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.

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Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.

The disease is believed to be aggravated by chronic anaemia.

These cracks are probably due to shrinkage while setting, aggravated by changes in temperature.

The hunting of human beings to make them slaves was greatly aggravated by the demand of the European colonies.

The acknowledged and admitted grievances, of which your Majesty's subjects complained prior to 1895, not only are not redressed, but exist to-day in an aggravated form.

The unpleasing effect of this anomalous arrangement is greatly aggravated by the lower part of each column being almost always coloured with red or yellow ochre, so as to render the contrast between the two portions still stronger.

The combined effect of these successive blows, aggravated by the long period of decentralizing policy from Taaffe to Badeni, is still felt in the Kaiserstadt.

In Egypt, however, the difficulty is much aggravated by the poor quality of the evidence.

When the source of the name was forgotten its meaning was not unnaturally misinterpreted, and gained for Gawain the reputation of a facile morality, which was exaggerated by the pious compilers of the later Grail romances into persistent and aggravated wrong-doing; at the same time it is to be noted that Gawain is never like Tristan and Lancelot, the hero of an illicit connexion maintained under circumstances of falsehood and treachery.

The confusion was aggravated by the incursion of the Gauls into the Balkan Peninsula in 279; Ptolemy Ceraunus perished, and a period of complete anarchy succeeded in Macedonia.

Various measures were proposed which would but have aggravated the situation.

Save for a short period of prosperity under the Frankish rulers of Athens (1205-1310), who repaired the katavothra and fostered agriculture, Boeotia long continued in a state of decay, aggravated by occasional barbarian incursions.

The struggle, which still further aggravated the dependence of the pope on France, was waged on both sides with the utmost bitterness, and the end was not in sight when John XXII.

The return journey was one of terrible hardship aggravated by scurvy, and the party narrowly escaped Scott's fate.

The year 1795 was one of great suffering and great popular unrest; for the effect of the war upon industry was now beginning to be felt, and the distress had been aggravated by two bad harvests.

More than two million people in Great Britain suffered an illness which they thought was caused or aggravated by their current or past employment.

The king's intelligence became yearly feebler, and in 1404 the death of Philip the Bold aggravated the position of affairs.

Offenses such as robbery, aggravated burglary, and more serious assaults already attract secure remands.

Of the 39 arrests, 16 were for aggravated trespass.

This unhappy state of affairs was aggravated and perpetuated by the intrigues set on foot at Constantinople against successive governors of the island, the conflicts between the Palace and the Porte, the duplicity of the Turkish authorities, the dissensions of the representatives of the great powers, the machinations of Greek agitators, the rivalry of Cretan politicians, and prolonged financial mismanagement.

Struve (Description de l'Observatoire ' Central de Pulkowa, pp. 196, 197) adds a few remarks to Steinheil's description, in which he states that the images have not all desirable precision - a fault perhaps inevitable in all micrometers with divided lenses, and which is probably in this case aggravated by the fact that the rays falling upon the divided lens have considerable convergence.

The regalia controversy, which broke out in 1673, led up to the classic declaration of the Gallican clergy of 1682; and, when aggravated by a conflict over the immunity of the palace of the French ambassador at Rome, resulted in 1688 in the suspension of diplomatic relations with Innocent XI., the imprisonment of the papal nuncio, and the seizure of Avignon and the Venaissin.

Properly socialized, hamsters usually will not bite without being aggravated, but keep in mind that they are essentially wild animals, and their teeth can draw blood.

A judge granted Bullock a restraining order against the fan, who pleaded not guilty to aggravated assault and stalking.

All samples aggravated the husband's allergies.

The sleep disorder can occur when sinuses are aggravated by illness, allergy or other causes.

Gingivitis can be aggravated by hormones and may temporarily worsen during puberty and pregnancy.

Pain is not constant in the initial stages of the disease, but it is aggravated by activity and may be worse at night.

In 1387 fresh quarrels with Florence on the subject of Montepulciano led to an open war, that was further aggravated by the interference in Tuscan affairs of the ambitious duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti.

Constitutional restrictions were intolerable to him; and the consequent friction with the diet was aggravated when, in 1832, Hassenpflug (q.v.) was placed at the head of the administration.

The misery of that struggle needed no aggravation, but was aggravated by the sufferings of an unsound body and an unsound mind.

His rule was not merely the rule of a stranger king surrounded by stranger followers; the degradation of the island was aggravated by gross oppression, grosser than in the continental lands.

The troubles of Egypt were now increased by an insufficient inundation, and great scarcity prevailed, aggravated by the taxation to which the beys were compelled to resort in order to pay the troops; while murder and rapine prevailed in the capital, the riotous soldiery being under little or no control.

Port Louis, which is governed by an elective municipal council, is surrounded by lofty hills and its unhealthy situation is aggravated by the difficulty of effective drainage owing to the small amount of tide in the harbour.

His disorder was an oedematous affection of the wind-pipe, contracted by exposure during a long ride in a snowstorm, and aggravated by neglect and by such contemporary remedies as bleeding, gargles of "molasses, vinegar and butter" and "vinegar and sage tea," which "almost suffocated him," and a blister of cantharides.

Undue claims on the part of the tax collectors were aggravated by the extortion of the public officials.

This depression was in considerable measure due to, and was largely aggravated by, the comparative inactivity of the Rand mines, and that inactivity was due in turn to the insufficiency of native labour - Kaffirs being employed to do all the unskilled work on the mines.

She had tried various self help measures such as including bran in her diet which had only aggravated her symptoms.

In the offense of aggravated burglary, the words will normally mean " carrying " .

The erosion was perhaps aggravated by the summer dryness preventing sufficient plant colonization to protect the ditch faces from winter rains.

Ray Wilson, 22, had pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking, criminal damage and recklessly endangering the lives of 14 people.

She wonders if she has a plica, aggravated by a tight iliotibial band and muscles.

The situation was aggravated by the creation in 1896, by a secret decree, of the Domaine de la couronne, a vast territory between the Kasai and Ruki rivers, covering about 112,000 sq.

If we now consider the laws in themselves, we shall find that the dispersed condition of the legislative documents has not been modified since the closure of the Corpus juris; on the contrary, the enormous number of pontifical constitutions, and of decrees emanating from the Roman Congregations, has greatly aggravated the situation; moreover, the attempts which have been made to resume the interrupted process of codification have entirely failed.

A problem aggravated by the increased cost and scarcity of labor brought about by a prolonged period of population decline.

Individuals with asthma have reported that fenugreek has aggravated their symptoms and some individuals may experience mild diarrhea or digestive complaints.

Heart disease, cancer and stroke are also caused by or aggravated by obesity.

In most cases, the behavior of the affected person gets more and more aggravated over time and their family interactions deteriorate significantly in quality.

Addiction symptoms are aggravated by the fact that users will "crash" after the high.

Da Brat was arrested and charged with felony aggravated assault.

Spasticity may be aggravated by temperature extremes, humidity, skin problems such as a pressure ulcer or ingrown toenail, bladder or bowel problems, infections, and sometimes tight clothing.