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aggravate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exacerbate, exasperate |
| Type of | anger |
| Derivation | aggravation, aggravator |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exacerbate, exasperate, worsen |
| Type of | change, alter, modify |
| Has types | degrade, inflame, irritate, cheapen |
| Derivation | aggravation |
This drug aggravates the pain.
Examples of aggravate
aggravate
He said he didn't slip or notice himself doing anything to aggravate the injury.
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Dehydration, a common complaint in aircraft cabins, could aggravate the problem.
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For employers in many countries, slower price rises aggravate a broader problem.
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The AGE compounds aggravate atherosclerosis, which produces cholesterol plaques.
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His success might aggravate the self-uncertainty that is endemic in Japan today.
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While this recipe contains peas, the small amount should not aggravate diarrhea.
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Though some of his actions helped to aggravate the economic maladies of the 70s.
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Occasionally there are alternative medicine products that can aggravate asthma.
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This strike action can only aggravate the company losses, and the future of jobs.
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- Worsen: make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"
- Exacerbate: exasperate or irritate
- (aggravated) made more severe or intense especially in law; "aggravated assault"
- (aggravated) incited, especially deliberately, to anger; "aggravated by passive resistance"; "the provoked animal attacked the child"
- (aggravating) making worse
- (aggravation) an exasperated feeling of annoyance
- (Aggravating) Aggravation, in law, is "any circumstance attending the commission of a crime or tort which increases its guilt or enormity or adds to its injurious consequences, but which is above and beyond the essential constituents of the crime or tort itself."
- (Aggravation (game)) Aggravation is a board game for up to six players in which the object is to be the first player to have all four playing pieces (usually represented by marbles) reach the player's home section of the board. ...
- (aggravation) The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences; Exaggerated representation; An extrinsic circumstance or accident ...
