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aggravate

/ aggravate /

verb

verb Sense 1

make worse

"This drug aggravates the pain"

Opposites:

better improve amend ameliorate meliorate

Type of:

change alter modify

Kinds of:

irritate inflame degrade cheapen

Derived:

aggravation exacerbation worsening

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s on something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

verb Sense 2

exasperate or irritate

Type of:

anger

Derived:

aggravation irritation provocation exasperation aggravator

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s on something

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