VERB | change | aggravate, worsen, exacerbate, exasperate | make worse |
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emotion | aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate | exasperate or irritate |
Sounds | ae'grahvey.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | make worse. | |
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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. | |
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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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