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1. (v.t.) aggravate
to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome.
2. aggravate
to annoy; irritate; exasperate.
3. aggravate
to cause to become irritated or inflamed.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < L aggravātus, ptp. of aggravāre to weigh down, make worse)
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| Definition of 'aggravate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
make worse
"This drug aggravates the pain"
2. (verb) exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate
exasperate or irritate
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1. (verb) aggravate
to make worse
Troops in the area are aggravating the violence.
2. aggravate
to annoy, to irritate
He aggravates me.; an aggravation of the situation; his aggravation at her comment
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| Definition of 'aggravate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) aggravate
to make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase
2. (verb) aggravate
to make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify
3. (verb) aggravate
to give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances
4. (verb) aggravate
to exasperate; to provoke; to irritate
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Sense: to make worse
His bad temper aggravated the situation.
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 Afrikaans: vererger |
 Arabic: يَزِيد المَوْقِف سُوء أو |
 Bulgarian: отежнявам |
 Brazilian: agravar |
 Czech: zhoršit |
 German: verschlimmern |
 Danish: forværre |
 Greek: επιδεινώνω |
 Spanish: agravar |
 Estonian: halvendama |
 Farsi: بدتر کردن |
 Finnish: pahentaa |
 French: aggraver |
 Hebrew: לְהַחמִיר |
 Hindi: बिगड़ना, खराब होना |
 Croatian: pogoršati |
 Hungarian: súlyosbít |
 Indonesian: memperburuk |
 Icelandic: gera verra |
 Italian: aggravare |
 Japanese: 悪化させる |
 Korean: 악화시키다 |
 Lithuanian: (pa)bloginti |
 Latvian: pasliktināt |
 Malay: memburukkan |
 Dutch: verergeren |
 Norwegian: forverre |
 Polish: pogarszać |
 Persian: بدتر کردن |
 Pashto: خرابول |
 Portuguese: agravar |
 Romanian: a agrava |
 Russian: ухудшать |
 Slovak: zhoršiť |
 Slovenian: poslabšati |
 Serbian: pogoršati |
 Swedish: försvåra, förvärra |
 Thai: ทำให้แย่ลง |
 Turkish: kötüleştirmek, ağırlaştır |
 Taiwanese: 使惡化 |
 Ukrainian: обтяжувати; погіршувати |
 Urdu: بد تر کرنا |
 Vietnamese: làm trầm trọng |
 Chinese: 使恶化 |
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