'aggravate' definitions:
Definition of 'aggravate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate] [ant: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate]
verb
Exasperate or irritate [syn: exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate]
Synonyms of 'aggravate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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 up,
- chafe,
- chivy,
- come between,
- complicate,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- consolidate,
- damage,
- deepen,
- deteriorate,
- devil,
- dilapidate,
- disaffect,
- discompose,
- distemper,
- disturb,
- disunite,
- divide,
- dog,
- double,
- embitter,
- endamage,
- enhance,
- enlarge,
- envenom,
- estrange,
- exacerbate,
- exaggerate,
- exasperate,
- exercise,
- fan the flame,
- fash,
- fret,
- frustrate,
- gall,
- get,
- grate,
- gripe,
- harass,
- harm,
- harry,
- heat up,
- heckle,
- hector,
- heighten,
- hop up,
- hot up,
- hound,
- huff,
- hurt,
- impair,
- incense,
- increase,
- inflame,
- infuriate,
- injure,
- intensify,
- irk,
- irritate,
- jazz up,
- key up,
- light the fuse,
- madden,
- magnify,
- make acute,
- make complex,
- make trouble,
- make worse,
- miff,
- molest,
- mount,
- multiply,
- nag,
- needle,
- nettle,
- nudzh,
- peeve,
- persecute,
- perturb,
- pester,
- pick on,
- pique,
- pit against,
- plague,
- pluck the beard,
- pother,
- provoke,
- put back,
- ramify,
- rankle,
- redouble,
- reinforce,
- ride,
- rile,
- rise,
- roil,
- rouse,
- ruffle,
- separate,
- set against,
- set at odds,
- set at variance,
- set on,
- set up,
- sharpen,
- sic on,
- soup up,
- sour,
- sow dissension,
- step up,
- stir the blood,
- stir up,
- stir up trouble,
- strengthen,
- tease,
- torment,
- triple,
- trouble,
- try the patience,
- tweak the nose,
- upset,
- vex,
- weaken,
- whet,
- work up,
- worry,
- worsen