Synonyms 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.

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

   Antonyms:
   conciliate, content, gratify, honor, please

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1. aggravate

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

1. • Anger

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1. aggravateverb

   Synonyms:
   heighten (in evil), increase, make worse

2. aggravateverb

   Synonyms:
   exaggerate, overstate, magnify

3. aggravateverb

   Synonyms:
   [Of questionable propriety.] provoke, irritate, exasperate, enrage

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1. aggravateverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "aggravate":

   exacerbate, worsen, compound, escalate, deepen, deteriorate, inflame

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How to use aggravate in a sentence?

1. Bobby DiCello:

   Once they determine that this is now an officer-involved shooting with a fatality, most agencies are taught not to touch or disturb anything, everything is left as is for the corner who has the legal responsibility of assessing all of that in its totality. ( The coroner asks) questions like,' Did anything potentially contribute or aggravate any kind of injuries or otherwise ?'.

2. Nguyen Truong Son:

   We've seen a surge in people jailed in relation to Facebook activity, something the new cybersecurity law will only aggravate.

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. Barack Obama:

   Free riders aggravate me.

5. Superintendent 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 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.