to aggravate
43
4.2
- verb
- /ˈæɡrəˌveɪt/
:
irritar
- There's two things that aggravate me: being ignored and being lied to.
And that's, that aggravates me that people don't actually go in.
- And that's, that aggravates me that people don't actually go in.
- Sure, they got that, but they get really aggravated and angry if good things happen to the narcissist.
- Here's a little secret that I do over the years when I just am not standing my wife, I'm like, she aggravates me.
- Let's talk about the kinds of people who who tick us off, who aggravate us, who are difficult, right?
- And then I noticed like, like when you say and you talk it into existence and you do it, it aggravates people that don't have the same belief system.
- I, I get aggravated like I don't feel right.
- I'm now coming on to as another issue which has been aggravating me quite, quite considerably.
- He said, because somebody can do better than you financially, but your spirit aggravates them.
- Everybody got some shit about them that aggravates the fuck out of somebody, but you're going to find somebody who going to just fuck with all that shit.
Examples
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Let's talk about the kinds of people who who tick us off, who aggravate us, who are difficult, right?
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Anyway, he's the man that you don't want to aggravate.
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Sometimes children can aggravate you, so you got to let it out.
Fiction book (1990) -
All it will do is aggravate the hell out of you.
Fiction book (1995) -
After all, what good would it do my career to aggravate senior faculty?
Academic text (1996) -
- Maury, you aggravate me, you just plain aggravate me.
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Judicial decisions such as these aggravate existing disputes and incite further conflict.
Academic text (1996) -
Mostly friendly faces, although some were distinctly aggravated if a tip was not forthcoming.
Academic text (2009) -
Uzo did not want to argue, for fear of aggravating his father's sense of betrayal.
Fiction book (1991) -
His constant interruptions began to aggravate her during the meeting.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To annoy or disturb someone
271
3.9
Make someone very annoyed or upset
246
1.0
Make someone slightly angry or bothered by small repeated actions
158
3.2
Make someone very annoyed or upset
144
3.6
Annoy someone again and again to make them react
137
3.0
Make someone feel annoyed because they cannot do something
78
2.9
Make someone feel annoyed or impatient, often by repeated small actions
68
3.7
To make someone very angry
63
6.9
Make someone annoyed, often by small things
46
5.0
Make someone very angry
42
4.8
To make people feel strongly excited or upset
31
7.6
To make someone angry or unfriendly
28
4.7
To make someone feel annoyed or unhappy
25
7.1
To annoy someone with small repeated actions
25
6.3
Make someone feel annoyed
25
7.2
To annoy someone again and again so they feel bothered
9
6.7
Annoy someone more and more over time
8
7.1
To annoy someone deeply
7
4.9
To bother someone again and again until they feel angry
7
5.9
Make someone very annoyed by doing the same thing again and again
Antonyms
How Annoyed
46
5.0
7
5.9
43
4.2
78
2.9
246
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Aggravate comes from the Latin gravare 'to make heavy' from gravis 'heavy'. This idea of 'adding weight' was used for feelings too, so to aggravate someone is to 'weigh on' them and make them annoyed.