Förvärrat

Förvärrat is a Swedish word that serves as the past participle of the verb förvärra, meaning to aggravate or worsen. It is used to describe a condition, situation, or set of circumstances that has become more severe than before. In everyday language it can refer to health, social, economic, or environmental problems when additional factors have intensified the problem.

Grammatically, förvärrat functions as a participle that can modify nouns or appear in verb tenses with auxiliary have or had. For example, det har förvärrat tillståndet (it has worsened the condition). As an attributive adjective, you commonly see forms such as förvärrad for common gender nouns and förvärrat for neuter gender nouns, for instance en förvärrad sjukdom or ett förvärrat tillstånd. In perfect tense constructions, the form förvärrat is used in combination with helping verbs, as in har förvärrat or hade förvärrat.

Usage context often involves medical, political, or social discussion, where factors compound and make outcomes more serious. The term is neutral and descriptive, without implying a value judgment beyond the factual sense of deterioration. It is typically contrasted with förvärrat i relation to previous states, underscoring progression rather than isolated incidents.

Etymology and related forms: förvärrat is derived from förvärra, with the prefix för- indicating change or intensification, and värra related to the root meaning to worsen. Related forms include förvärra (to aggravate) and förvärrad (the attributive form for common gender nouns).

See also: förvärra, förvärrad, förvärrande.