Aggravate
111Aggravation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Aggravation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 aggravation aggravation heightening Sgm: N 1 exacerbation exacerbation Sgm: N 1 exasperation exasperation Sgm: N 1 overestimation overestimation &c. 482 Sgm: N 1 exaggeration …
112exasperate — v. a. 1. Irritate, provoke, chafe, vex, nettle, incense, anger, affront, offend, enrage, make angry, aggravate. 2. Exacerbate, aggravate, inflame, render more violent …
113annoy — verb their barking dog annoys me where the movie attempts to amuse, it only annoys Syn: irritate, vex, make angry/cross, anger, exasperate, irk, gall, pique, put out, antagonize, get on someone s nerves, get to, ruffle someone s feathers, make… …
114irritate — irritate, exasperate, nettle, provoke, aggravate, rile, peeve are comparable when meaning to excite a feeling of angry annoyance in a person. Something which irritates greatly displeases or offends and evokes a display of feeling ranging from… …
115irritate — [v1] upset, anger abrade, affront, aggravate, annoy, bother, bug*, burn*, chafe, confuse, distemper, disturb, drive up the wall*, enrage, exasperate, fret, gall, get, get on nerves*, get under skin*, grate, harass, incense, inflame, infuriate,… …
116magnify — [v1] enlarge, intensify aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, augment, bless, blow up, boost, build up, deepen, dignify, dilate, distend, enhance, ennoble, eulogize, exalt, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, hike up, increase, inflate, intensate …
117aggrieve — [ə grēv′] vt. aggrieved, aggrieving [ME agreven < OFr agrever, to aggravate < L aggravare, AGGRAVATE] 1. to cause grief or injury to; offend 2. to injure in one s legal rights SYN. WRONG …
118aggrege — transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English aggreggen, from Middle French agregier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin aggraviare, aggreviare, alteration of Latin aggravare to make heavier more at aggravate obsolete : to make graver :… …
119ag|grieve — «uh GREEV», transitive verb, grieved, griev|ing. to injure unjustly; cause grief or trouble to: »His friend s insult aggrieved him. ╂[< Old French agrever < Latin aggravāre. See etym. of doublet aggravate. (Cf. ↑aggravate)] Usage …
120Aggravative — Ag gra*va*tive, a. Tending to aggravate. n. That which aggravates. [1913 Webster] …
