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Definitions for Aggravate
[1] to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: to aggravate a grievance; to aggravate an illness.
[2] to annoy; irritate; exasperate: His questions aggravate her.
[3] to cause to become irritated or inflamed: The child's constant scratching aggravated the rash.
[4] to make (a disease, situation, problem, etc) worse or more severe
[5] informal to annoy; exasperate, esp by deliberate and persistent goading
Words related to Aggravate
bother, provoke, irritate, complicate, magnify, exaggerate, worsen, intensify, exacerbate, inflame, enhance, deepen, heighten, pester, needle, nag, exasperate, get, peeve, tease
Words nearby Aggravate
agglutinophilic, agglutogen, aggrade, aggrandize, aggrandizement, aggravate, aggravated, aggravated trespass, aggravating, aggravation, aggregate
Origin of Aggravate
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin aggravātus (past participle of aggravāre ), equivalent to ag- ag- + grav- (see grave2) + -ātus -ate1; cf. aggrieve
Words that may be confused with Aggravate
aggravate, annoy, irritate, aggravate, intensify, worsen, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)
Other words from Aggravate
ag·gra·va·tive , adjective
ag·gra·va·tor , noun
o·ver·ag·gra·vate , verb (used with object), o·ver·ag·gra·vat·ed, o·ver·ag·gra·vat·ing.
pre·ag·gra·vate , verb (used with object), pre·ag·gra·vat·ed, pre·ag·gra·vat·ing.
re·ag·gra·vate , verb (used with object), re·ag·gra·vat·ed, re·ag·gra·vat·ing.
Word origin for Aggravate
C16: from Latin aggravāre to make heavier, from gravis heavy
Synonyms for Aggravate
bother, irritate, provoke, bug, bum, dog, exasperate, gall, get, grate, hack, irk, nag, needle, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, tease, vex, be at, be on the back of, drive up the wall, get on one's nerves, get to, give a hard time, pick on, wig