Aggravates Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Aggravates
To exasperate is defined as to cause someone to become greatly irritated or annoyed.
To exasperate; annoy; irritate; embitter
(Intransitive) To become worse; to get worse; to deteriorate.
Upset is defined as to disturb physically, mentally or emotionally.
To use an implement to move or rearrange the fuel in (a fire) to increase light or heat.
To rise from cover, etc.
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To stir or move from a state of calm or order
To rankle is to cause someone to have long-lasting annoyance, anger or irritation.
To increase in size, quantity, or worth:
To anger, irritate, or annoy
To irritate; annoy; vex
Nag is defined as to constantly urge, annoy or scold.
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To increase or have the power to increase the size or volume of an image or a sound.
To cause (someone) to go mad; drive to madness.
To excite to anger; provoke; annoy; exasperate
To increase the contrast of (a photographic image).
The definition of infuriate is to make someone really mad.
To increase the intensity of (passion, desire, violence, etc.)
Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.
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(Archaic) To incite, stimulate.
To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify.
(Physics) To increase the heat energy of an object.
An abnormal swelling of plant tissue, caused by injury or by parasitic organisms such as insects, mites, nematodes, and bacteria. Parasites stimulate the production of galls by secreting chemical irritants on or in the plant tissue. Galls stimulated by egg-laying parasites typically provide a protective environment in which the eggs can hatch and the pupae develop, and they usually do only minor damage to the host plant. Gall-stimulating fungi and microorganisms, such as the bacterium that causes crown gall, are generally considered to be plant diseases.
To serve as food for:
To increase or enlarge to an extreme or abnormal degree; overemphasize; intensify
To become larger; increase in size, extent, etc.; expand
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To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
(Intransitive) To increase or become great.
To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
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Ruffle is defined as to wrinkle, or to annoy or bother.
The definition of irk is to annoy.
To be successful in coming or going:
To irritate; vex; annoy; worry
To disturb is defined as to interfere with something or bother someone.
To annoy; vex:
To annoy; pester.
Bother is defined as annoy, worry, or cause discomfort.
To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).
Antonyms for Aggravates
To lessen or reduce:
To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the seige on. [from 16th c.]
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
(Dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
Soften is defined as to make more soft or more gentle.
To soothe the temper of; pacify; appease
To satisfy or relieve
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