Synonyms of the word aggravate


AGGRAVATEALTER - ANGER - CHANGE - EXACERBATE - EXASPERATE - MODIFY - WORSEN

aggravate

  • v. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to…
  • v. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate.
  • v. To exasperate; to provoke, to irritate.

alter

  • v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
  • v. (intransitive) To become different.
  • v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  • v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

anger

  • n. A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined…
  • n. (obsolete) Pain or stinging.
  • v. (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism.
  • v. (intransitive) To become angry.

change

  • v. (intransitive) To become something different.
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
  • v. (transitive) To replace.
  • v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
  • v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
  • v. (archaic) To exchange.
  • v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
  • n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
  • n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
  • n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
  • n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
  • n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
  • n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
  • n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
  • n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  • n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
  • n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

exacerbate

  • v. (transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.); aggravate.

exasperate

  • v. To frustrate, vex, provoke, or annoy; to make angry.
  • adj. (obsolete) Exasperated; embittered.

modify

  • v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
  • v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

worsen

  • v. (transitive) To make worse; to impair.
  • v. (intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To get the better of; to worst.

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