aggravate
11aggravate — transitive verb ( vated; vating) Etymology: Latin aggravatus, past participle of aggravare to make heavier, from ad + gravare to burden, from gravis heavy more at grieve Date: 1530 1. obsolete a. to make heavy ; burden …
12aggravate — verb /ˈæɡ.rə.vet/ a) To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. To aggravate my woes. b) To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate… …
13aggravate — in the sense of exasperate has been with us at least since the early seventeenth century and has been opposed by grammarians for about as long. Strictly, aggravate means to make a bad situation worse. If you walk on a broken leg, you may… …
14aggravate — [[t]æ̱grəveɪt[/t]] aggravates, aggravating, aggravated 1) VERB If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse. [V n] Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation... [V n] He would only aggravate the injury by rubbing… …
15aggravate — verb 1) the new law could aggravate the situation Syn: worsen, make worse, exacerbate, inflame, compound 2) informal you ll only aggravate him! Syn: annoy, antagonize, irritate, exasperate, nett …
16aggravate — UK [ˈæɡrəveɪt] / US [ˈæɡrəˌveɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms aggravate : present tense I/you/we/they aggravate he/she/it aggravates present participle aggravating past tense aggravated past participle aggravated 1) to make something bad become… …
17aggravate — /ˈægrəveɪt / (say agruhvayt) verb (t) (aggravated, aggravating) 1. to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: *To aggravate the situation, the Asian immigrants were becoming numerous in many suburbs… …
18aggravate — ag·gra·vate ag rə .vāt vt, vat·ed; vat·ing 1) to make worse, more serious, or more severe <movement may aggravate the pain> 2) to produce inflammation in: irritate <surgery aggravateed the nerve> …
19aggravate — See aggravate, annoy, irritate …
20aggravate — verb ADVERB ▪ seriously, severely ▪ Their negative reactions have greatly aggravated the situation. ▪ slightly ▪ further Aggravate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ …
