It will aggravate the wound.
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Aggravate
//ˈæɡ.ɹə.veɪ̯t//
Synonyms for "aggravate" (285 found)
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Closest matches (57)
Strong matches (86)
Verb(43 words)
corruptdebasedebauchdefiledeflowerdegradedeterioratedevildisgruntledogpiledowngradeenrageenvenomfan the flamesfrustrategetget on someone's nervesget on someone's titsget on someone's wickget someone's back up
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get someone's dander upget someone's goatget someone's irish upget someone's nannyget someone's nanny-goatget under one's goatget under someone's goatget under someone's skinget upgive someone the shitsgramegrategrillgrind one's gearsgrotchgrowhack offharsh one's mellowhassleheap onheightenhit someone when they are downidioms:
Related words (142)
Verb(63 words)
impairincreaseinfectintensifyirkirritatejazzkick a dog when it's downkick someone when they are downleavenmagnifymake matters worsemolestmommicknarknervenettleoutragepee offpeeve
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pejoratepersecutepile onpiquepiss offpropagateprovokepunch downput someone's back upput the boot inraise someone's hacklesranklerilerile upriseroilrub it inrub salt in the woundrub someone the wrong wayrub up the wrong wayruffleruffle someone's feathersset backset offsophisticatestainstingstormstrike someone when they are downtee offtest someone's patiencethrow gasoline on the firetick offtorque offtroubletry one's patiencetwist the knifeupliftvexvitiateweakenwith maliceworsen
incenseinconvenienceincreaseinflameinfuriateinjureintensifyirkirritatejazz upkey uplight the fusemaddenmagnifymake acutemake complexmake troublemake worsemiffmolest
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mountmultiplynagneedlenettlenudzhpeevepersecuteperturbpesterpickpick onpiquepit againstplaguepluck the beardpotherput backput outramifyrankleredoublereinforceriderileriseroilrouserubruffleseparateset againstset at oddsset at varianceset onset on edgeset upsharpensic onsoup upsoursow dissensionstep upstir the bloodstir upstir up troublestrengthenteasetormenttripletroubletry the patiencetweak the noseupsetvexweakenwhetwork upworry
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54 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- влошавам verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- утежнявам verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- ядосвам verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
Catalan
2 entries- agreujar verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- irritar verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
Czech
4 entries- přibarvit verb (To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances)
- rozčilovat verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
- rozčílit verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
- zhoršit verb (To make worse, or more severe)
Danish
3 entries- f verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- forværre verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- fremprovokere verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
Dutch
1 entries- verergeren verb (To make worse, or more severe)
Esperanto
1 entries- agaci verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
Finnish
3 entries- pahentaa verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- suututtaa verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
- ärsyttää verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
French
1 entries- aggraver verb (To make worse, or more severe)
German
4 entries- erschweren verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- verbittern verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
- verschlimmern verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- ärgern verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
Hungarian
1 entries- súlyosbít verb (To make worse, or more severe)
Latin
1 entries- aggravō verb (To make worse, or more severe)
Malayalam
3 entries- അലോസരപ്പെടുത്തുക verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
- ഊതിപ്പെരുപ്പിക്കുക verb (To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances)
- വഷളാക്കുക verb (To make worse, or more severe)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forverre verb (To make worse, or more severe)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- forverre verb (To make worse, or more severe)
Occitan
1 entries- agravar verb (To make worse, or more severe)
Portuguese
3 entries- abusar verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
- agravar verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- provocar verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
Russian
4 entries- обостри́ть verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- обостря́ть verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- отягощать verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- раздража́ть verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
Spanish
4 entries- agravar verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- empeorar verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- exasperar verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
- irritar verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дратувати verb (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate)
- загострювати verb (To make worse, or more severe)
- обтяжувати verb (To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances)
- погіршувати verb (To make worse, or more severe)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Magical are the straight lines in how they perturb the curved ones, aggravate their distortion and make them look more zigzagged, revealing their deceptive appearance.
Source: tatoeba (2743040)
The taunts at the end of the match failed to aggravate Tom.
Source: tatoeba (8246530)
The WFP launched an appeal for Mali in November 2004, but says so far it received less than a third of what it requested. Aid workers say that the international community's slow response may help aggravate Mali's problems.
Source: tatoeba (12285965)
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