aggravate

aggravate is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.
2. transitive verb. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
3. transitive verb. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.
4. transitive verb. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
5. verb. make worse

   "This drug aggravates the pain"

   Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate, worsen

6. verb. exasperate or irritate

   Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate

Synonyms

exacerbate, exasperate, worsen

Common word forms

aggravated, aggravates, aggravating

Words from these letters

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