aggravated
Irritated and intensified
Aggravated intensifies wrongdoing or injury.
An aggravated assault involves circumstances that make it more serious than simple assault—use of a weapon, intent to commit another crime, or attack on a protected person.
Aggravated can also mean irritated or annoyed: I was aggravated by the constant delays.
Legal and informal uses coexist, though purists sometimes object to the irritation sense.
Slightly angered or bothered
- exasperatedIntensely irritated, patience gone
- vexedAnnoyed or much-debated
- irkedMildly angered
- peevedSlightly irritated
nettled · galled · displeased · bothered · cross · testy · cranky · grumpy
Increased severity of
- intensifiedMade more extreme
- compoundedCombined or worsened
- heightenedIncreased in degree
- amplifiedIncreased in strength
magnified · escalated · inflamed · deepened · worsened · deteriorated · complicated · provoked
Violent offensive act
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- felonySerious criminal offense
- robberyTheft through intimidation
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
trespass · harassment · charges · offense · criminal · sentence · prosecution · indictment
State or stipulation
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- painBodily or emotional distress
flare-up · chronic · recurring · strain · irritation · soreness · swelling · discomfort
irritated
Slightly angered or bothered
- exasperatedIntensely irritated, patience gone
- vexedAnnoyed or much-debated
- irkedMildly angered
peeved · nettled · galled · displeased · bothered · cross · testy · cranky · grumpy · tetchy
exacerbated
Increased severity of
- intensifiedMade more extreme
- compoundedCombined or worsened
- heightenedIncreased in degree
amplified · magnified · escalated · inflamed · deepened · worsened · deteriorated · complicated · provoked · stirred up
assault
Violent offensive act
burglary · trespass · harassment · charges · offense · criminal · sentence · prosecution · indictment · conviction
condition
State or stipulation
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- inflammationProtective tissue response
pain · flare-up · chronic · recurring · strain · irritation · soreness · swelling · discomfort · worsening
- fed-upannoyed, irritated, frustrated, exasperated, had it
- drove someone nutsannoyed, irritated, frustrated, exasperated, maddened
- damagescompensatory, punitive, punitive damages, nominal, actual
- angeranger, rage, fury, wrath, ire
- irritabilitycranky, grouchy, grumpy, irritated, annoyed
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
aggravatedameliorated
Made less severe
alleviated · eased · mitigated · lessened · relieved
- aggravated assaultsViolent crimes causing injury
- aggravated batteryViolent crime with harm
- aggravating factorsConditions worsening an offense
- aggravated murderKilling with enhancing circumstances
- aggravating circumstancesConditions warranting harsher punishment
- aggravated burglaryTheft involving weapon presence
aggravate, aggravation, aggravating, aggravates, aggravations, aggravator, aggravators