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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
aggravates, aggravating, aggravated |
| definition 1: |
to make worse.
She aggravated the pain in her knee by walking too soon after she got hurt.- antonyms:
- alleviate, appease, ease, heal, moderate, relieve, soothe
- similar words:
- deepen, heighten, increase, intensify
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| definition 2: |
(informal) to bother or annoy.
All of the noise on the playground aggravated me when I tried to read.- synonyms:
- annoy, bother, exasperate, irritate
- antonyms:
- appease, please, soothe
- similar words:
- bug, disturb, hassle, pester, ruffle
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| related words: |
compound, exasperate, grate, incense, irritate, offend, plague, trouble |
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| derivations: |
aggravatingly (adv.), aggravator (n.) |
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