| VERB | change | aggravate, worsen, exacerbate, exasperate | make worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| emotion | aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate | exasperate or irritate |
| Sounds | ae'grahvey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | make worse. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This drug aggravates the pain" | |
| Synonyms | worsen, exacerbate, exasperate | |
| Narrower | degrade, cheapen | Lower the grade of something |
| inflame | Cause inflammation in | |
| irritate | excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
| Spanish | agravar, empeorar, exacerbar, exasperar, recrudecer | |
| Catalan | agreujar-se, agreujar, aguditzar-se, empitjorar, endanyar, endenyar, engrevir, exacerbar, exasperar | |
| Nouns | aggravation | action / action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms / symptoms) worse |
| Meaning | exasperate or irritate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | exacerbate, exasperate | |
| Broader | anger | make angry |
| Spanish | agravar, deseperar, encolerizar, exacerbar, exasperar, irritar | |
| Catalan | agreujar, encolerir, enfellonir, exasperar, irritar | |
| Nouns | aggravation | unfriendly behavior that causes anger / anger or resentment |
| aggravation | an exasperated feeling of annoyance | |
| aggravator | an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating | |
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