Found 3 items, similar to Aggravate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: aggravate
memberatkan, memperburuk, memperparah, memperuncing, menjengkelkan, menyukarkan, meruncingi
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: aggravate
aggravate
v 1: make worse;
“This drug aggravates the pain” [syn:
worsen,
exacerbate,
exasperate] [ant:
better]
2: exasperate or irritate [syn:
exacerbate,
exasperate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Aggravate
Aggravate
\Ag"gra*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Aggravated; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Aggravating.] [L. aggravatus, p. p. of
aggravare. See
Aggrieve.]
1. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.]
“To aggravate thy store.” --Shak.
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2. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or
less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to
intensify.
“To aggravate my woes.” --Pope.
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To aggravate the horrors of the scene. --Prescott.
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The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did
rather aggravate than extenuate his crime.
--Addison.
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3. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to
aggravate circumstances. --Paley.
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4. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [Colloq.]
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If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother
and sister do mine. --Richardson
(Clarissa).
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Syn: To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate;
provoke; irritate; exasperate.
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