About The Word Aggravate
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Aggravate
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What's The Definition Of Aggravate?
[v] make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"
[v] exasperate or irritate Synonyms | Synonyms for Aggravate: exacerbate | exacerbate | exasperate | exasperate | worsen Related Terms | Find terms related to Aggravate: accelerate | agent provocateur | aggrandize | alienate | amplify | anger | annoy | antagonize | arouse | augment | badger | bait | be at | bedevil | beef up | beset | blow up | bother | bristle | brown off | bug | build up | bullyrag | burn up | chafe | chivy | come between | complicate | concentrate | condense | consolidate | damage | deepen | deteriorate | devil | dilapidate | disaffect | discompose | distemper | disturb | disunite | divide | dog | double | embitter | endamage | enhance | enlarge | envenom | estrange | exacerbate | exaggerate | exasperate | exercise | fan the flame | fash | fret | frustrate | gall | get | grate | gripe | harass | harm | harry | heat up | heckle | hector | heighten | hop up | hot up | hound | huff | hurt | impair | incense | increase | inflame | infuriate | injure | intensify | irk | irritate | jazz up | key up | light the fuse | madden | magnify | make acute | make complex | make trouble | make worse | miff | molest | mount | multiply | nag | needle | nettle | nudzh | peeve | persecute | perturb | pester | pick on | pique | pit against | plague | pluck the beard | pother | provoke | put back | ramify | rankle | redouble | reinforce | ride | rile | rise | roil | rouse | ruffle | separate | set against | set at odds | set at variance | set on | set up | sharpen | sic on | soup up | sour | sow dissension | step up | stir the blood | stir up | stir up trouble | strengthen | tease | torment | triple | trouble | try the patience | tweak the nose | upset | vex | weaken | whet | work up | worry | worsen See Also | alter | anger | change | cheapen | degrade | inflame | irritate Aggravate In Webster's Dictionary \Ag"gra*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggravated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Aggravating}.] [L. aggravatus, p. p. of
aggravare. See {Aggrieve}.]
1. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.]
``To aggravate thy store.'' --Shak.
2. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or
less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to
intensify. ``To aggravate my woes.'' --Pope.
To aggravate the horrors of the scene. --Prescott.
The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did
rather aggravate than extenuate his crime.
--Addison.
3. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to
aggravate circumstances. --Paley.
4. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [Colloq.]
If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother
and sister do mine. --Richardson
(Clarissa).
Syn: To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate;
provoke; irritate; exasperate.
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