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aggravated

aggravated

7.4
More serious because of things like violence or intent
  • adjective
  • /ˈæɡrəˌveɪtɪd/
  • Formal
translation icon : agravado
  • The judge imposed an aggravated sentence due to the violent nature of the crime.

Examples

  • And these were the criminal charges, aggravated trespass, public nuisance, trespass and railway reckless endangerment.

  • Everyone goes home from that sentencing hearing, you know, watch the headline news that she got the maximum aggravated sentence.

  • It's aggravated when we use antibiotics improperly and inappropriately.

  • There are other things that I think would help depending on what the condition is like if it's aggravated by leaky gut, for example, or gut inflammation.

  • The defendant faced aggravated charges after it was revealed that he had used a weapon during the robbery.

  • In the case of aggravated assault, the victim suffered serious injuries as a result of the attack.

Synonyms

intensified
vsaggravated
4.2

Made stronger or more serious

is more serious in law because of specific factors like intent or violence

Antonyms

mitigated
4.8

Less severe or serious because something reduces the harm

Compounds

aggravated assault
  • NSFW
25 7.9

A violent attack on someone, often with a weapon, that causes serious injury

How Serious

heinous
  • Formal
92 9.0
severe
520 3.5
aggravated
  • Formal
7.4
serious
∞ 2.0
moderate
415 3.3
minor
600 2.4

Surface Forms

aggravated positive

Morphology

aggravated = aggravate (transparent) = aggravate + ed

Standard adjectival past-participle formed from the verb 'aggravate' meaning 'made more severe'; the legal sense is a direct extension of 'made worse.'

Etymology

Aggravated comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and gravis 'heavy', so it originally meant 'made heavy'. That's why in law an aggravated offense is one that is 'made more serious' by extra bad facts, just like the word grave means 'serious'.