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Synonyms for AGGRAVATE
ˈæg rəˌveɪtag·gra·vate
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aggravateverb
Synonyms:
intensify, heighten, increase, exaggerate, exasperate, magnify, irritate, provokeaggravateverb
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, heightenaggravateverb
To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. — William Paley.
Synonyms:
exasperate, irritate, increase, heighten, magnify, provoke, exaggerate, intensifyaggravateverb
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 Antonyms
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.
Synonyms:
affront, annoy, displease, exasperate, insult, irritate, offend, provoke, tease, vex, woundAntonyms:
conciliate, content, gratify, honor, please
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
aggravate
Synonyms:
exasperate, provoke, wound, heighten, intensify, irritate, make worse, increase, enhance embitter, magnifyAntonyms:
soothe, conciliate, assuage, diminish, palliate, neutralize, soften, lessen, alleviate, attenuate, mitigate
Princeton's WordNet
worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperateverb
make worse
"This drug aggravates the pain"
Synonyms:
infuriate, incense, worsen, decline, exacerbate, exasperate, aggravateexacerbate, exasperate, aggravateverb
exasperate or irritate
Synonyms:
infuriate, incense, worsen, exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
aggravateverb
Synonyms:
heighten (in evil), increase, make worseaggravateverb
Synonyms:
exaggerate, overstate, magnifyaggravateverb
Synonyms:
[Of questionable propriety.] provoke, irritate, exasperate, enrage
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "aggravate":
exacerbate, worsen, compound, escalate, deepen, deteriorate, inflame
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#985 | increase | |
#5615 | decline | |
#6470 | compound | |
#9117 | wound | |
#13737 | incense | |
#17420 | tease | |
#17766 | insult | |
#20785 | annoy | |
#23039 | offend | |
#26899 | provoke | |
#29346 | deepen | |
#29947 | magnify | |
#31764 | intensify | |
#35337 | worsen | |
#37387 | deteriorate | |
#37645 | escalate | |
#44647 | exacerbate | |
#46777 | heighten | |
#47688 | irritate | |
#52027 | exaggerate | |
#54523 | vex | |
#55038 | aggravate | |
#62754 | affront | |
#88126 | inflame | |
#120346 | infuriate | |
#132236 | displease | |
#227873 | exasperate |
How to use AGGRAVATE in a sentence?
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 Chauvin, 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.
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.
The difficulties that EV start-ups have encountered, such as the auto sales decline, harsh fundraising environment and subsidies reduction, all started last year, the outbreak will aggravate these issues that already had existed.
They were predicting they were going to win like four states, they won some caucus somewhere. What was it, Minnesota or something? That's really, that's...frankly it doesn't even aggravate me because it's silly.
They sang provocative songs and made inflammatory remarks which tended to aggravate an already volatile situation.
Translations for AGGRAVATE
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- تزيد من حدةArabic
- ядосвам, утежнявам, влошавамBulgarian
- forværreDanish
- ärgern, verbittern, erschweren, verschlimmernGerman
- exasperar, agravar, irritar, empeorarSpanish
- suututtaa, pahentaa, ärsyttääFinnish
- súlyosbítHungarian
- սրելArmenian
- cumulareLatin
- വഷളാക്കുക, അലോസരപ്പെടുത്തുക, ഊതിപ്പെരുപ്പിക്കുകMalayalam
- forverreNorwegian
- verergerenDutch
- forverreNorwegian Nynorsk
- forverreNorwegian
- provocar, abusarPortuguese
- agravaRomanian
- усложнять, усугублять, раздражатьRussian
- తీవ్రతరం చేస్తాయిTelugu
- загострюватиUkrainian
- làm nặng thêmVietnamese
- 加剧Chinese
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