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"sense": "antonym(s) of \"to make worse\"",
"word": "alleviate"
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"sense": "antonym(s) of \"to make worse\"",
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"text": "The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime.",
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"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
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"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
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"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
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"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "súlyosbít"
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"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "aggravō"
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"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "vaṣaḷākkuka",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "വഷളാക്കുക"
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"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
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"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "agravar"
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"roman": "obostrjátʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
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"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
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"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "agravar"
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"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
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"roman": "pohiršuvaty",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "погіршувати"
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"text": "He aggravated the story.",
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"To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify."
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"(now rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify."
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"roman": "ūtipperuppikkuka",
"sense": "To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances",
"word": "ഊതിപ്പെരുപ്പിക്കുക"
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"roman": "usložnjátʹ",
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"word": "ускладнювати"
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"roman": "obtjažuvaty",
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"ref": "1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 28",
"text": "In order to lighten the crown still further, they aggravated responsibility on ministers of state.",
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"(obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone."
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"ref": "1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 85",
"text": "Ben Bella was aggravated by having to express himself in French because the Egyptians were unable to understand his Arabic.",
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"(now chiefly colloquial) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate."
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"roman": "jadosvam",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
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"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
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"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
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"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
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"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "ärgern"
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"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
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"roman": "alōsarappeṭuttuka",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "അലോസരപ്പെടുത്തുക"
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"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "abusar"
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"roman": "razdražátʹ",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
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"3": "",
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{
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"expansion": "aggrege",
"name": "m"
}
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{
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"present"
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"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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"ref": "1709, Joseph Addison, The Tatler",
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}
],
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"To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness."
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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"ref": "1837, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic",
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}
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"To make worse; to exacerbate."
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"(by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate."
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"English terms with usage examples"
],
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"text": "He aggravated the story.",
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[
"intensity",
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"(now rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify."
],
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"archaic"
]
},
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"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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"ref": "1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 28",
"text": "In order to lighten the crown still further, they aggravated responsibility on ministers of state.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone."
],
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"pile",
"pile"
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[
"heap",
"heap"
],
[
"on",
"on#English"
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[
"upon",
"upon#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
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"English colloquialisms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 85",
"text": "Ben Bella was aggravated by having to express himself in French because the Egyptians were unable to understand his Arabic.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To exasperate; to provoke or irritate."
],
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[
"exasperate",
"exasperate"
],
[
"provoke",
"provoke"
],
[
"irritate",
"irritate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now chiefly colloquial) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
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},
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{
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "heighten"
},
{
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "intensify"
},
{
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "increase"
},
{
"sense": "to make worse",
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},
{
"sense": "to make worse",
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},
{
"sense": "to make worse",
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},
{
"sense": "to exasperate",
"word": "provoke"
},
{
"sense": "to exasperate",
"word": "irritate"
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{
"sense": "to exasperate",
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},
{
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"word": "adulterate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "aggravate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "alloy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "canker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "contaminate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "corrupt"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "debase"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "debauch"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "defile"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "deflower"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "degrade"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "deteriorate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "envenom"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "infect"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "impair"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "leaven"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "pejorate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "set back"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "stain"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "sophisticate"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "vitiate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "weaken"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vlošavam",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "влошавам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utežnjavam",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "утежнявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "agreujar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "forværre"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "f"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "verergeren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "pahentaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "verschlimmern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "erschweren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "súlyosbít"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "aggravō"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "vaṣaḷākkuka",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "വഷളാക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "forverre"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "forverre"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "agravar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obostrjátʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обостря́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obostrítʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обостри́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usugubljátʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "усугубля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usugubítʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "усугуби́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otjagoščatʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отягощать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxudšatʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ухудшать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "agravar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "empeorar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pohiršuvaty",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "погіршувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zahostrjuvaty",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "загострювати"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ūtipperuppikkuka",
"sense": "To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances",
"word": "ഊതിപ്പെരുപ്പിക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usložnjátʹ",
"sense": "To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "усложня́ть"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "uskladnjuvaty",
"sense": "To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances",
"word": "ускладнювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obtjažuvaty",
"sense": "To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances",
"word": "обтяжувати"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "jadosvam",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "ядосвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "irritar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "fremprovokere"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "agaci"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "ärsyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "suututtaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "ärgern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "verbittern"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "alōsarappeṭuttuka",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "അലോസരപ്പെടുത്തുക"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "abusar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razdražátʹ",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "раздража́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "irritar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "exasperar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "sublevar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dratuvaty",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "дратувати"
}
],
"word": "aggravate"
}
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