aggravate

v. மேலும் கேடாக்கு, தீங்குபெருக்கு, சினமூட்டு.

Synonyms

exasperate provoke wound heighten intensify irritate make_worse increase enhance_embitter magnify

Antonyms

soothe conciliate assuage diminish palliate neutralize soften lessen alleviate attenuate mitigate

Ag"gra*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggravated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggravating.] Etym: [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. 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. To aggravate the horrors of the scene. Prescott. The defense made by the prisioner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. Addison. 3. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. Paley. 4. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [Colloq.] If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. Richardson (Clarissa). Syn. -- To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate; provoke; irritate; exasperate.

aggravate - Similar Words

aggravative aggrate margravate aggerate margraviate aggravation aggravating gravitate aggregate landgraviate