What's the difference between aggravated and curt?

Aggravated


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Aggravate

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.

Curt


Definition:

  • (a.) Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Stout – even the name is robust: broad-mouthed and curtly clipped at the end.
  • (2) Immediately after the budget, he vented his fury by destroying the group’s online presence, removing all its content and replacing the home page with a curt note stating: “This website is temporarily closed owing to disability cuts ... Graeme Ellis has resigned and will no longer develop or host this site.” His protest had an unexpectedly powerful impact, attracting headlines, and crystallising the sense that this was a cut too far, even for Conservative activists.
  • (3) ", to which the prime minister replied somewhat curtly: "Yes, we were neighbours."
  • (4) The Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council issued curt but not hostile statements that publicly expressed their desire to meet him.
  • (5) "We will obviously fight it because it is not justified and there is no way she's going back over there," Curt Knox said.
  • (6) At one point Bannon attempted to put his left hand on Priebus’s knee, only for Priebus to curtly brush him off.
  • (7) I was surprised by the soundman's impatient intrusiveness and yet more surprised as I stood just off set, beside the faux-newsroom near the pseudo-researchers who appear on camera as pulsating set dressing, when the soundman yapped me to heel with the curt entitlement of Idi Amin's PA.
  • (8) The unknowability of the Holocaust was famously, if inadvertently, expressed by the guard at Auschwitz who curtly told Primo Levi: “There is no why here.” We cannot in the end explain the Holocaust: it is beyond explanation.
  • (9) The Red Sox battled their way back from the edge of playoff elimination via back-to-back blown saves off of Mariano Rivera , two walk-off hits from David Ortiz and a game six pitching performance by a hobbled Curt Schilling.
  • (10) The history of asepsis is closely connected with the name of Curt Schimmelbusch.
  • (11) Oakland pitching coach Curt Young has a brief conference to see if they should put Miguel Cabrera on intentionally with first base open.
  • (12) After all, they had a stating pitcher rotation that featured Pedro Martinez, only a few years removed from the most dominant stretches any starting pitcher has had in baseball history, and a newly signed Curt Schilling, who was second only to an unworldly Johann Santana in that year's Cy Young voting.
  • (13) Edmund finishes his rutting (that's rutting ) with a curt "yes", a scene made worse only by the speed with which Julia Davis 's Dorothy enters the room, offering "bubbly milk".
  • (14) In the last few days Boyle has given more than 60 interviews, but seems to be still free of media savvy and professional coaching; her short and curt answers a mark of her no-nonsense approach to life.
  • (15) Yet his manner and tone suggested the opposite, along with the curtness of the response.
  • (16) Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has found a new appreciation for his very “beautiful” son and sees no problem marveling at the attractiveness of underage girls.
  • (17) Updated at 4.27am BST 3.27am BST Asked what he would do as president, Mitt Romney starts to list his achievements as governor of Massachusetts, until Lehrer cuts his off with a curt "But what would you do as president?"
  • (18) He illustrates his point, showing how to sip and then curtly nod.
  • (19) With the curt, and blistering, announcement of his decision to file for divorce from Wendi Murdoch, the young woman he met when she was 28 and working for Star TV, his company in Hong Kong, another upheaval begins.
  • (20) No one actually mentioned the word divorce so early in the piece but when you’ve got one sailing boat, five days of unseasonably appalling conditions and two captains overinflating their sailing experience and underreporting their bossiness, that’s the threat lurking behind every curt instruction.

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