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What you feel spiritually. I think a lot of that has to do with it. If you have no spiritual life, chances are everything is going to aggravate you, you're going to fly off the handle at everything and that's what I did in the past. I've kind of got that under control now.
Mike Ditka

Meaning of "aggravate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AGGRAVATE

From Latin aggravāre to make heavier, from gravis heavy.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AGGRAVATE

aggravate  [ˈæɡrəˌveɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AGGRAVATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aggravate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb aggravate in English.

WHAT DOES AGGRAVATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of aggravate in the English dictionary

The definition of aggravate in the dictionary is to make worse or more severe. Other definition of aggravate is to annoy; exasperate, esp by deliberate and persistent goading.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO AGGRAVATE

PRESENT

Present
I aggravate
you aggravate
he/she/it aggravates
we aggravate
you aggravate
they aggravate
Present continuous
I am aggravating
you are aggravating
he/she/it is aggravating
we are aggravating
you are aggravating
they are aggravating
Present perfect
I have aggravated
you have aggravated
he/she/it has aggravated
we have aggravated
you have aggravated
they have aggravated
Present perfect continuous
I have been aggravating
you have been aggravating
he/she/it has been aggravating
we have been aggravating
you have been aggravating
they have been aggravating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I aggravated
you aggravated
he/she/it aggravated
we aggravated
you aggravated
they aggravated
Past continuous
I was aggravating
you were aggravating
he/she/it was aggravating
we were aggravating
you were aggravating
they were aggravating
Past perfect
I had aggravated
you had aggravated
he/she/it had aggravated
we had aggravated
you had aggravated
they had aggravated
Past perfect continuous
I had been aggravating
you had been aggravating
he/she/it had been aggravating
we had been aggravating
you had been aggravating
they had been aggravating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will aggravate
you will aggravate
he/she/it will aggravate
we will aggravate
you will aggravate
they will aggravate
Future continuous
I will be aggravating
you will be aggravating
he/she/it will be aggravating
we will be aggravating
you will be aggravating
they will be aggravating
Future perfect
I will have aggravated
you will have aggravated
he/she/it will have aggravated
we will have aggravated
you will have aggravated
they will have aggravated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been aggravating
you will have been aggravating
he/she/it will have been aggravating
we will have been aggravating
you will have been aggravating
they will have been aggravating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would aggravate
you would aggravate
he/she/it would aggravate
we would aggravate
you would aggravate
they would aggravate
Conditional continuous
I would be aggravating
you would be aggravating
he/she/it would be aggravating
we would be aggravating
you would be aggravating
they would be aggravating
Conditional perfect
I would have aggravate
you would have aggravate
he/she/it would have aggravate
we would have aggravate
you would have aggravate
they would have aggravate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been aggravating
you would have been aggravating
he/she/it would have been aggravating
we would have been aggravating
you would have been aggravating
they would have been aggravating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you aggravate
we let´s aggravate
you aggravate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to aggravate
Past participle
aggravated
Present Participle
aggravating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AGGRAVATE


activate
ˈæktɪˌveɪt
captivate
ˈkæptɪˌveɪt
cultivate
ˈkʌltɪˌveɪt
deactivate
diːˈæktɪˌveɪt
denervate
ˈdɛnəˌveɪt
derivate
ˈderɪˌveɪt
elevate
ˈɛlɪˌveɪt
enervate
ˈɛnəˌveɪt
excavate
ˈɛkskəˌveɪt
inactivate
ɪnˈæktɪˌveɪt
innervate
ˈɪnɜːˌveɪt
innovate
ˈɪnəˌveɪt
landgravate
ˈlændɡrəˌveɪt
motivate
ˈməʊtɪˌveɪt
passivate
ˈpæsɪˌveɪt
reactivate
rɪˈæktɪˌveɪt
renovate
ˈrɛnəˌveɪt
rotovate
ˈrəʊtəˌveɪt
salivate
ˈsælɪˌveɪt
titivate
ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AGGRAVATE

aggrace
aggradation
aggrade
aggrandise
aggrandisement
aggrandiser
aggrandize
aggrandizement
aggrandizer
aggrate
aggravated
aggravated assault
aggravated burglary
aggravated murder
aggravated robbery
aggravated trespass
aggravating
aggravatingly
aggravation
aggregate

WORDS THAT END LIKE AGGRAVATE

buck private
clavate
coacervate
cravate
curvate
demotivate
estivate
in private
insalivate
margravate
obovate
ovate
private
pyruvate
rotavate
savate
semiprivate
solvate
subovate
tittivate

Synonyms and antonyms of aggravate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AGGRAVATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «aggravate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of aggravate

Translation of «aggravate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AGGRAVATE

Find out the translation of aggravate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aggravate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aggravate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

使恶化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agravar
570 millions of speakers

English

aggravate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बढ़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تفاقم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

усугубляют
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agravar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aggraver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memburukkan lagi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verschlimmern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悪化させる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

악화시키다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aggravate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm nặng thêm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீவிரமடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तीव्र करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağırlaştırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aggravare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pogorszyć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

посилюють
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

agrava
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιδεινώσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vererger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förvärra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forverre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aggravate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AGGRAVATE»

The term «aggravate» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.747 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AGGRAVATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aggravate

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6 QUOTES WITH «AGGRAVATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word aggravate.
1
Christian Nestell Bovee
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
2
Charlie Daniels
We didn't have a garage to rehearse in. We had to aggravate the folks in the house. But I got a chance to play in a beer joint, and that's how it started.
3
Thomas Day
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.
4
Mike Ditka
What you feel spiritually. I think a lot of that has to do with it. If you have no spiritual life, chances are everything is going to aggravate you, you're going to fly off the handle at everything and that's what I did in the past. I've kind of got that under control now.
5
Herman Kahn
The widespread diffusion of nuclear weapons would make many nations able, and in some cases also create the pressure, to aggravate an on-going crisis, or even touch off a war between two other powers for purposes of their own.
6
Emmitt Smith
As a former football player who has carried a football more than 4,000 times, trust me, I did not go into ballroom dancing with my body being 100 percent, with no aches or pains or ailments coming with me. When you're dancing, you're doing stuff that your body's not used to, and so you start to aggravate those old injuries.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AGGRAVATE»

Discover the use of aggravate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aggravate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How to Aggravate a Man Every Time...: And Have Him Beg for ...
Discusses how you can keep your man in place, or get rid of him forever by using aggravating tricks such as, taking over the remote, eating off his plate without asking, and making the most of PMS
Christina Arneson, Teresa McMillian, 1999
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How to aggravate a woman every time-- & send her screaming ...
Pithily penned by Y.I. Hatem of the Male Reformation Society (M.R.S.), this hilarious book is certain to satisfy both sexes' funny bones.
Yolanda I. Hatem, 1993
3
Why Do You Aggravate Me So!
Janell Pride. Why Do You Aggravate Me So? This Book Belongs To Why Do You Aggravate Me So! To a girl named.
Janell Pride
4
Advanced Yoga Practices - Easy Lessons for Ecstatic Living
The six tastes are inclined to balance or aggravate the three doshas as shown in this table: With this information, we can construct a complete ayurveda diet to aid in balancing our inner energies, which will help maintain good health. Note that ...
Yogani, 2010
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Diet, Shatkarmas and Amaroli - Yogic Nutrition & Cleansing ...
The six tastes are inclined to balance or aggravate the three doshas as shown in this table: With this information, we can construct a complete ayurvedic diet to aid in balancing our inner energies, which will help maintain good health. Note that ...
Yogani, 2007
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Wow! Words: Building Children's Powerful Oral Vocabularies
Here's What It Means verb: to make worse Synonyms—They have nearly the same meaning. annoy burden down with make more difficult upset Forms of aggravate to Share with 6s aggravated (adjective, verb) aggravates (verb) aggravating ...
Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz, 2011
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Math Plus Reading Workbook: Summer Before Grade 6
Aggravate means to make a condition worse. Example: Her sunburn was aggravated by additional exposure to the sun. Directions: Write aggravate or irritate in the blanks to complete these sentences correctly. The first one has been done for ...
Brighter Child, 2014
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Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English: A ...
SEE ALSO backwards; forwards; towards. aggravate Misused for annoy (or similar words). ° What is most needed from us, instead, may be the simple quality of steadfastness—the persistent, openhearted willingness to simply hang in there  ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
9
Issues in CNS Diseases and Disorders: 2013 Edition
COX-2 inhibitors may induce neuroinflammation, exacerbate Th1 driven responses, increase lipid peroxidation, decrease the levels of key antioxidants, damage mitochondria and aggravate neuroprogression. COX2 inhibitors may aggravate ...
‎2013
10
Drugs That May Cause Headache Or Aggravate Migraine in ...
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Mohammad Shujauddin Hussain, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AGGRAVATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aggravate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Smoke from Mainland's wildfires blankets southern Vancouver Island
People need to exercise common sense and “take it easy” if exposure to environmental factors can aggravate breathing problems, he said. «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
2
Why EU has threat from Greece, Russia, UK and Mediterranean …
An economic collapse of Greece, apart from the suffering it would cause and the lost billions for European taxpayers, could aggravate all three ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
3
A quartet of crises threatens Europe's core
An economic collapse of Greece could aggravate all three of Europe's other crises and destabilize the fragile southern Balkans. Photo: Reuters. «Livemint, Jul 15»
4
Oxi- morons: Greece votes no, now for the moment of truth
Any signs that Grexit is likely could aggravate this in the coming months. Long term: We think that the biggest long-term damage could be more ... «FXStreet, Jul 15»
5
No break for Batchelor following Cardiff spill
However, after undergoing tests at hospital it has been confirmed that Batchelor did not suffer any broken bones although he did aggravate a ... «The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald, Jul 15»
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Ex-ECtHR Judge Türmen: AK Party using all methods of old tutelage …
... and the Internet law, which includes articles that violate privacy and aggravate censorship by further tightening state control over the Internet. «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»
7
Greece Debt Crisis: Citizens Vote In Referendum On Financial Bailout
... further aggravate Greece's current economic downturn. However, a “no” vote would most likely threaten Greece's standing in the eurozone. «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
8
Azerbaijani armed forces destroy Armenian drones
Defying all international calls to abide by the ceasefire agreement with Azerbaijan, Armenia still continues to aggravate tension on the contact ... «AzerNews, Jul 15»
9
The Akhand Hindu Rashtra: Micro World Macro Nationalism
India already has a charred history of riots and genocides; the ideology of Hindu-sthan will only aggravate the situation. The country already ... «Mainstream, Jul 15»
10
Veterans With PTSD Have Trouble With Loud 4th Of July Fireworks
What many people may not realize is that loud noises, such as those that resemble gunfire and explosions, often serve to only aggravate the ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»

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