aggravates

Meaning of aggravates

verb
  1. To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
  2. (by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.
  3. To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
    He aggravated the story.
  4. To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
  5. To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.

Information about aggravates

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of aggravates is: aggravate.
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Hyphenation of aggravates

ag-gra-vates

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • aggravates is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

aggravates synonyms

Meaning :

exasperate, irritate, provoke, exacerbate, exaggerate, heighten, increase, intensify, magnify

aggravates antonyms

Meaning :

alleviate, mitigate

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