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   Ag·gra·vate

   /ˈaɡrəˌvāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. make (a problem, injury, or offense) worse or more serious: "military action would only aggravate the situation" Similar worsenmake worseexacerbateinflamecompoundintensifyincreaseheightenmagnifyadd toamplifyaugmentadd fuel to the fire/flamesadd insult to injuryrub salt in the woundOpposite alleviateimprove
   • 2. annoy or exasperate (someone), especially persistently: informal "the gesture aggravated me even more" Similar annoyirritateexasperateangerirkvexput outnettleprovokeincenserileinfuriateantagonizeget on someone's nervesrub up the wrong waymake someone's blood boilruffle someone's feathersruffletry someone's patiencemake someone's hackles riseoffendpiquerankleinformal:peeveneedlemake someone see redget someone's back upget someone's goatget under someone's skinbugget someonemiffhack offwind upget atnarkget acrossget on someone's wickget up someone's nosetick offbum outvulgar slang:piss offOpposite calmconciliate

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin aggravat- ‘made heavy’, from the verb aggravare, from ad- (expressing increase) + gravis ‘heavy’.

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   What does aggravate mean?

   • From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ag‧gra‧vate /ˈæɡrəveɪt/ ●○○ verb [ transitive] 1 to make a bad situation, an illness, or an injury worse OPP improve Their money problems were further aggravated by a rise in interest rates.

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   What aggravates a situation?

   • If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse. Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation. [VERB noun] He would only aggravate the injury by rubbing it. [VERB noun] If someone or something aggravates you, they make you annoyed. What aggravates you most about this country? [VERB noun]

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   What is the difference between aggravate and intensify?

   • To aggravate is to make more serious or more grave: to aggravate a danger, an offense, a wound. To intensify is perceptibly to increase intensity, force, energy, vividness, etc.: to intensify heat, color, rage. 2. anger, vex, rile. ANTONYMS 1. alleviate. USAGE The two most common senses of aggravate are “to make worse” and “to annoy or exasperate.”

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   What is the root word of aggravatus?

   • From Latin aggravatus, past participle of aggravare (“to add to the weight of, make worse, oppress, annoy”), from ad (“to”) + gravare (“to make heavy”), from gravis (“heavy”). See grave and compare aggrieve and aggrege .

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