Aggravate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Aggravate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

make worse

"This drug aggravates the pain"

worsen aggravate exacerbate exasperate

exasperate or irritate

exacerbate exasperate aggravate

To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.

See Also

aggravated aggravates aggravatable poke bear irritate tick off exasperate rile up

Related Terms

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Antonyms

improve

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

change anger

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

irritate inflame degrade

Rhyming Words

ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate

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