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aggravate 音标拼音: ['ægrəv ,et] v. 加重,使恶化;激怒,惹恼 加重,使恶化;激怒,惹恼 aggravate v 1: make worse; " This drug aggravates the pain" [ synonym: { worsen}, { aggravate}, { exacerbate}, { exasperate}] [ ant: { ameliorate}, { amend}, { better}, { improve}, { meliorate}] 2: exasperate or irritate [ synonym: { exacerbate}, { exasperate}, { aggravate}] Aggravate \ Ag" gra* vate\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Aggravated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Aggravating}.] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] To aggravate the horrors of the scene. -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster] The defense made by the prisoner' s counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. -- Paley. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. -- Richardson ( Clarissa). [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate; provoke; irritate; exasperate. [ 1913 Webster] 151 Moby Thesaurus words for " aggravate": accelerate, agent provocateur, aggrandize, alienate, amplify, anger, annoy, antagonize, arouse, augment, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beef up, beset, blow up, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, build up, bullyrag, burn up, chafe, chivy, come between, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, damage, deepen, deteriorate, devil, dilapidate, disaffect, discompose, distemper, disturb, disunite, divide, dog, double, embitter, endamage, enhance, enlarge, envenom, estrange, exacerbate, exaggerate, exasperate, exercise, fan the flame, fash, fret, frustrate, gall, get, grate, gripe, harass, harm, harry, heat up, heckle, hector, heighten, hop up, hot up, hound, huff, hurt, impair, incense, increase, inflame, infuriate, injure, intensify, irk, irritate, jazz up, key up, light the fuse, madden, magnify, make acute, make complex, make trouble, make worse, miff, molest, mount, multiply, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, peeve, persecute, perturb, pester, pick on, pique, pit against, plague, pluck the beard, pother, provoke, put back, ramify, rankle, redouble, reinforce, ride, rile, rise, roil, rouse, ruffle, separate, set against, set at odds, set at variance, set on, set up, sharpen, sic on, soup up, sour, sow dissension, step up, stir the blood, stir up, stir up trouble, strengthen, tease, torment, triple, trouble, try the patience, tweak the nose, upset, vex, weaken, whet, work up, worry, worsen |
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