(v. t.) To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.
(v. t.) To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
(v. t.) To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.
(v. t.) To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
Example Sentences:
(1) The major acute postoperative finding was aggravation of preexisting pharyngeal dysfunction.
(2) The use of functional test with the ACTH administration demonstrated organic affection of the CNS to sharply aggravate the weakening and even the exhaustion of the functional reserves of the glomerular and the reticular zones of the adrenal cortex developing during thyrotoxicosis, and also the reserve possibilities of the sympathico-adrenal system.
(3) This experimental study shows that vitamin A in high doses has an adjuvant effect, that is aggravating considerably the immunologic arthritis induced in the Wistar rat.
(4) Nine factors have been isolated whose varying combinations were most contributory to the risk of the development of CS in the studied population: cardiac diseases, transient disorder of the cerebral circulation, arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, aggravated heredity for cardiovascular diseases, intermittent claudication, diabetes mellitus, systematic alcohol abuse, and hypodynamia.
(5) A 63-year-old man, with a Waldenström's disease discovered by cryoglobulinemia (ischemic lesions of fingers) was quickly aggravating (hyperviscosity syndrome) under treatment by chlorambucil in a dosage of 8 mg daily.
(6) Existing visual field defects in three patients were slightly aggravated and in four patients, with a pathological optic disc, visual field loss developed.
(7) High blood pressure is itself an independent risk factor for vascular disease, in proportion to its height, for all ages and sexes, whether systolic or diastolic, labile or fixed, and the threat is further aggravated by surges in blood pressure throughout the person's daily activities.
(8) As a result of a psychopathological total systems analysis of the debut of exogenously aggravated and nonaggravated paranoid schizophrenia the authors have revealed a significant interrelationship allowing the characterization of both general regularities of the "background" effect and individual characteristics secondary to a concrete nature of exogenous impact.
(9) Prophylactic administration of ionol which prevented a post-stress aggravation of the primary influenza infection failed to produce a favourable effect on the immunity in case of reinfection.
(10) Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus can aggravate the hyperlipidaemia associated with this disorder, presumably by increasing triglyceride synthesis and reducing very low density lipoprotein catabolism by lipoprotein lipase.
(11) In both, objective aggravation occurred in three or more steps over four days, progressing from minor finger clumsiness to total paralysis of the arm.
(12) A definite correlation was established between the disease and the character of work and specificity of the working postures: a long stay in a bent position aggravated by the pressure of the apron strap weighing 8-10 kg on the lumbar part of the spine.
(13) Empirical studies suggest the following main conclusions: functional somatic symptoms are extremely common; a large proportion appear to be caused by physiologic activity and tend to be aggravated by emotion.
(14) This dilemma is aggravated by the loss from the work force of graduate nurses who fail the registered nurse licensure examination.
(15) This situation can lead to an aggravation of degenerative complications.
(16) He believes there are several factors that could aggravate extremists, other than the videos.
(17) Direct relationship between the increase of blood fibrinolytic activity and the aggravation of the vascular degeneration could not be observed in this experiment.
(18) Wash-out experiments show that the sugars prevent the aggravation of mediator release by a binding of sugar to the basophil cell membrane, thereby causing a blockade of binding sites responsible for the potentiating effect of virus.
(19) We have shown that heme, a hydrophobic iron chelate, is rapidly incorporated into endothelial cells where, after as little as 1 h, it markedly aggravates cytotoxicity engendered by polymorphonuclear leukocyte oxidants or hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
(20) However according to the authors' experience physical tiredness can legitimately be suspected to have produced this aggravation in 47.06 % of cases of a secondarily aggravated hepatitis.
Aggrieve
Definition:
(v. t.) To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved.
(v. i.) To grieve; to lament.
Example Sentences:
(1) The RF warns that voters aged under 25 – 75% of whom voted to stay in the EU – will feel increasingly aggrieved by having their European future determined by older voters while at the same being hit by tax and welfare policies which switch money from them to the elderly.
(2) She suggests that the doctrine of 'bad faith breach of contract' might appropriately be extended into this new area to provide a powerful means by which aggrieved patients and payers can hold physicians personally accountable for abusive self-referrals.
(3) That Tsipras felt the need to travel to St Petersburg and seek solace in a meeting with Putin says a lot about this alliance of the aggrieved.
(4) Aggrieved to be omitted for a semi-fit Sergio Agüero at Arsenal last Monday, Bony may find himself back on the bench at Leicester on Tuesday.
(5) This part of the article directs attention to how the courts respond when a physician, aggrieved by an adverse determination with regard to appointment, reappointment, or clinical privileges (credentialing) by the hospital based on medical peer review, seeks redress in the courts.
(6) The Chelsea manager remains aggrieved at two goals awarded by Phil Dowd to United in their 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford in September.
(7) Koeman was also aggrieved by the behaviour of Wanyama, another player linked with a transfer away, with Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal among the Kenyan’s admirers.
(8) Mr Johnson lied to the club; he also lied to our fans and they have every right to feel aggrieved by this.
(9) Contrary to the throaty moans of TV pundits and the aggrieved posts clogging your social media feeds, there is a miraculous silver lining to this methodical meat grinder of a presidential election.
(10) "Like everyone who admires and respects the work of Ai Weiwei, we are dismayed and aggrieved by the news that [he] has been detained ... We deplore the raid on his studio and are working to establish contact with Ai Weiwei.
(11) Allardyce was aggrieved by Gareth Barry's method of halting Kevin Nolan just outside the Everton box, which owed more to the Six Nations than tiki-taka.
(12) Like the civil rights movement, this political awakening has been sparked, among other things, by Native Americans feeling aggrieved that they are good enough to fight and die in America's wars – the military being one of their few viable career options - but not to vote when they return.
(13) Thinktank malefactors reap great sums from the aggrieved heartland or from industries looking to build a canon of falsified data, and Congress and the attendant lobbying is a helluva racket.
(14) Someone who is aggrieved by the number of foreigners in Britain will not be won over by a Labour candidate banging on about immigration.
(15) Last autumn, authorities in Ningbo City, in coastal Zhejiang province, scrapped plans to expand a similar state-owned plant after a week-long demonstration by thousands of aggrieved residents.
(16) Hull City’s supporters and their Liverpool counterparts feel they have reasons to feel aggrieved with matters off the pitch at the moment but Michael Dawson’s first goal since 1 January 2013 meant at least one set of fans went home happy.
(17) She estimates that 80% of her clientele want to improve life for their successors (men, too, aggrieved by inflexibility or macho environments): the key to doing so is identifying an organisation’s weak spot.
(18) Giving his view of the incident, Mark Hughes said: "I'm sure Gus feels a little bit aggrieved about it, but my interpretation of it was that maybe Wes was a little bit out of control and a little bit reckless. "
(19) BBC may have to share licence fee with rivals Read more The subtleties involved in an organisation failing to suppress news about its repressive news management were wasted on hordes of aggrieved conservatives, who had always suspected that their favourite sources were being blacklisted by a cabal of liberal geeks.
(20) However, he is aggrieved that he could not access his money.