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- pronunciation:
- ae
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
aggravates, aggravating, aggravated |
| definition 1: |
to make worse.
Her illness was aggravated by lack of sleep.- synonyms:
- exacerbate
- antonyms:
- allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, ease, heal, mitigate, moderate, quell, relieve, soothe
- similar words:
- deepen, exasperate, heighten, increase, intensify, worsen
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| definition 2: |
(informal) to annoy or bother.
He was aggravated by his inability to find the right word.- synonyms:
- annoy, bother, exasperate, irritate, nettle, peeve, rile, tee off, vex
- antonyms:
- appease, please, soothe
- similar words:
- bug, chafe, disturb, gall, hassle, irk, miff, pester, rankle, ruffle
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| related words: |
compound, exasperate, grate, incense, irritate, madden, molest, offend, peeve, persecute, plague, trouble, worry |
adverb + (v.)aggravate
far, greatly, incredibly, merely, occasionally
(v.)aggravate
+ adverb
already
(v.)aggravate
+ noun
acne,
allergy,
ankle,
anxiety,
arthritis,
assault,
asthma,
battery,
burglary,
circumstance,
condition,
conflict,
congestion,
crisis,
decline,
deficit,
diabetes,
difficulty,
disease,
division,
drought,
factor,
frustration,
grievance,
hamstring,
hazard,
hostility,
imbalance,
inequality,
inflammation,
injury,
kidnapping,
knee,
labor,
larceny,
madness,
manslaughter,
mayhem,
molestation,
nerve,
offense,
ozone,
pain,
polarization,
pollution,
poverty,
problem,
recipe,
relation,
resentment,
shortage,
sinus,
situation,
stress,
symptom,
tendency,
tension,
theft,
unemployment,
wound
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| derivations: |
aggravatingly (adv.), aggravator (n.) |
The word aggravate
contains the following parts:
ag-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ag-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with "g." See ad-.
Example words:
grav
Latin
root
that means heavy
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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