Aggravate
21aggravate — ag|gra|vate [ˈægrəveıt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of aggravare to make heavier , from ad to + gravare to make heavy ] 1.) to make a bad situation, an illness, or an injury worse ≠ ↑improve ▪ Their money problems… …
22aggravate — ag|gra|vate [ ægrə,veıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to make something bad become worse, especially a situation or a medical condition: His headache was aggravated by all the noise. This speech will only aggravate the existing tensions. 2. ) MAINLY… …
23aggravate — [16] Aggravate originally meant literally ‘to weigh down’ or ‘to make heavier’ (it was modelled on Latin aggravare ‘to make heavier’, which in turn was based on gravis ‘heavy’, source of English gravity and grief; its first cousin is aggrieve… …
24aggravate — Strictly, means to make a bad situation worse. If you walk on a broken leg, you may aggravate the injury. People can never be aggravated, only circumstances …
25aggravate — verb 1》 make (a problem, illness, etc.) worse. 2》 informal annoy (someone). Derivatives aggravating adjective aggravatingly adverb aggravation noun Origin C16 (earlier (C15) as aggravation): from L. aggravat , aggravare make heavy . Usage …
26aggravate — ag•gra•vate [[t]ˈæg rəˌveɪt[/t]] v. t. vat•ed, vat•ing 1) to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome 2) to annoy; irritate; exasperate 3) to cause to become irritated or inflamed • Etymology: 1425–75;… …
27aggravate — [16] Aggravate originally meant literally ‘to weigh down’ or ‘to make heavier’ (it was modelled on Latin aggravare ‘to make heavier’, which in turn was based on gravis ‘heavy’, source of English gravity and grief; its first cousin is aggrieve… …
28aggravate, annoy, irritate — Aggravate means to intensify, to increase something unpleasant, to make worse, to make more grave or serious. Used informally and loosely, aggravate means to irritate, to annoy. Annoy means to harass, to pester, to disturb, to irritate by… …
29aggravate — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, agent provocateur, aggrandize, alienate, amplify, anger, annoy, antagonize, arouse, augment, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beef up, beset, blow up, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, build up, bullyrag, burn… …
30aggravate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. worsen, intensify, increase; informal, irritate, annoy, exacerbate (See resentment). Ant., alleviate, improve. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To irritate] Syn. exasperate, annoy, provoke; see bother 2 . 2.… …
