What does Aggravate mean?
Definitions for Aggravate
ˈæg rəˌveɪtag·gra·vate
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Aggravate.
Princeton's WordNet
worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperateverb
make worse
"This drug aggravates the pain"
exacerbate, exasperate, aggravateverb
exasperate or irritate
Wiktionary
aggravateverb
To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
aggravateverb
To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. William Paley.
aggravateverb
To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. Samuel Richardson Clarissa.
Etymology: From aggravatus, past participle of aggravare, from ad + gravare, from gravis. See grave and compare aggrieve and aggredge.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To AGGRAVATEverb
Etymology: aggravo, Lat.
A grove hard by, sprung up with this their change,
His will who reigns above! to aggravate
Their penance, laden with fruit, like that
Which grew in paradise, the bait of Eve
Us’d by the tempter. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.Ambitious Turnus in the press appears,
And aggravating crimes augment their fears. John Dryden, Æneid.This offence, in itself so heinous, was yet in him aggravated by the motive thereof, which was not malice or discontent, but an aspiring mind to the papacy. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
ChatGPT
aggravate
To aggravate is to make a situation or condition worse or more serious. It can also mean to annoy or provoke someone to anger or displeasure.
aggravate
To aggravate means to make a problem, injury, or offense more serious or severe. It can also mean to annoy or exasperate someone.
Webster Dictionary
Aggravateverb
to make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase
Aggravateverb
to make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify
Aggravateverb
to give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances
Aggravateverb
to exasperate; to provoke; to irritate
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Aggravate
ag′grav-āt, v.t. to make worse: to provoke.—adj. Ag′gravating.—adv. Ag′gravatingly.—n. Aggravā′tion, a making worse: any quality or circumstance which makes a thing worse: an exaggeration. [L. aggravāre—ad, to, gravis, heavy. See Grave.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Aggravate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Aggravate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Aggravate in a Sentence
A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system, humanity is called to recognise the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it.
They sang provocative songs and made inflammatory remarks which tended to aggravate an already volatile situation.
Dust may aggravate existing heart and lung conditions and cause symptoms like eye irritation and cough, symptoms can occur for several days after dust is inhaled, so people with the chronic conditions need to be vigilant with their treatment programs.
Recognizing that the murder of George Floyd was likely to create particularly acute racialized trauma, I felt I had an immediate duty to protect and support employees who may have been traumatized and may have heightened ongoing trauma by having to deal with Derek Chauvin, out of care and concern, and without the comfort of time, I made the decision to limit exposure to employees of color to a murder suspect who could potentially aggravate those feelings.
Globally, a surge in commodity prices will aggravate already existing inflationary pressures.
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Translations for Aggravate
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- تزيد من حدةArabic
- ядосвам, утежнявам, влошавамBulgarian
- forværreDanish
- ärgern, verbittern, erschweren, verschlimmernGerman
- exasperar, agravar, irritar, empeorarSpanish
- suututtaa, pahentaa, ärsyttääFinnish
- súlyosbítHungarian
- սրելArmenian
- cumulareLatin
- വഷളാക്കുക, അലോസരപ്പെടുത്തുക, ഊതിപ്പെരുപ്പിക്കുകMalayalam
- forverreNorwegian
- verergerenDutch
- forverreNorwegian Nynorsk
- forverreNorwegian
- provocar, abusarPortuguese
- agravaRomanian
- усложнять, усугублять, раздражатьRussian
- తీవ్రతరం చేస్తాయిTelugu
- загострюватиUkrainian
- làm nặng thêmVietnamese
- 加剧Chinese
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