Antonyms for aggravate
ˈæg rəˌveɪtag·gra·vate

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1. aggravateverb

   Synonyms:
   intensify, heighten, increase, exaggerate, exasperate, magnify, irritate, provoke

2. aggravateverb

   To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.

   Synonyms:
   increase, exasperate, provoke, intensify, exaggerate, magnify, irritate, heighten

3. aggravateverb

   To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. — William Paley.

   Synonyms:
   exasperate, irritate, increase, heighten, magnify, provoke, exaggerate, intensify

4. aggravateverb

   To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.

   If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. — Samuel Richardson Clarissa.

   Synonyms:
   magnify, exasperate, irritate, provoke, intensify, exaggerate, heighten, increase

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. aggravate

   One may be annoyed by the well-meaning awkwardness of a servant, irritated by a tight shoe or a thoughtless remark, vexed at some careless neglect or needless misfortune, wounded by the ingratitude of child or friend. To tease is to give some slight and perhaps playful annoyance. Aggravate in the sense of offend is colloquial. To provoke, literally to call out or challenge, is to begin a contest; one provokes another to violence. To affront is to offer some defiant offense or indignity, as it were, to one's face; it is somewhat less than to insult. Compare PIQUE.

   Antonyms:
   conciliate, content, gratify, honor, please

   Synonyms:
   affront, annoy, displease, exasperate, insult, irritate, offend, provoke, tease, vex, wound

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aggravate

   Antonyms:
   soothe, conciliate, assuage, diminish, palliate, neutralize, soften, lessen, alleviate, attenuate, mitigate

   Synonyms:
   exasperate, provoke, wound, heighten, intensify, irritate, make worse, increase, enhance embitter, magnify

Matched Categories

1. • Anger

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperateverb

   make worse

   "This drug aggravates the pain"

   Synonyms:
   infuriate, incense, worsen, decline, exacerbate, exasperate

2. exacerbate, exasperate, aggravateverb

   exasperate or irritate

   Synonyms:
   infuriate, incense, worsen, exacerbate, exasperate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aggravateverb

   Synonyms:
   intensify, heighten, enhance, increase, exasperate, irritate, provoke

How to use aggravate in a sentence?

1. Jacob Zuma:

   They sang provocative songs and made inflammatory remarks which tended to aggravate an already volatile situation.

2. Barack Obama:

   Free riders aggravate me.

3. Richard Broome:

   Dust may aggravate existing heart and lung conditions and cause symptoms like eye irritation and cough, symptoms can occur for several days after dust is inhaled, so people with the chronic conditions need to be vigilant with their treatment programs.

4. Pope Francis:

   A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system, humanity is called to recognise the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it.

5. Steve Lydon:

   Recognizing that the murder of George Floyd was likely to create particularly acute racialized trauma, I felt I had an immediate duty to protect and support employees who may have been traumatized and may have heightened ongoing trauma by having to deal with Derek Chauvins, out of care and concern, and without the comfort of time, I made the decision to limit exposure to employees of color to a murder suspect who could potentially aggravate those feelings.

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