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Aggravates
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
📖 Definitions of "Aggravates"
verb
- 1
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
- 2
(by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.
- 3
To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
"He aggravated the story."
- 4
To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Aggravates"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| exacerbateverb | (transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.). |
| exasperateverb | (transitive) To tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry. |
| worsenverb | (intransitive) To become worse; to get worse. |
| accentsnoun | (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect. |
| accentuatesverb | (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize. |
| addsverb | (transitive) To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. |
| amplifiesverb | (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense. |
| annoysverb | (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. |
| ascendsverb | (intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar. |
| compoundsnoun | Anything made by combining several things. |
| contributesverb | (ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole. |
| deepensverb | (transitive) To make deep or deeper |
| deterioratesverb | (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. |
| enhancesverb | To augment or make something greater. |
| escalateverb | (ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up. |
| escalatesverb | (ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up. |
| exacerbatesverb | (transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.). |
| heightensverb | To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc. |
| increasesverb | (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten. |
| intensifiesverb | (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy. |
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