See aggravate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “to make worse”",
"word": "alleviate"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “to make worse”",
"word": "mitigate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "ameliorate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "improve"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "repair"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "restore"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "aggravatable"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "aggravative"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "aggravator"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "aggro"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "overaggravate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "reaggravate"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷreh₂-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "aggravatus"
},
"expansion": "Latin aggravatus",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin aggravatus, past participle of aggravare (“to add to the weight of, make worse, oppress, annoy”), from ad (“to”) + gravare (“to make heavy”), from gravis (“heavy”). See grave and compare aggrieve and aggrege.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "aggravates",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "aggravating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "aggravated",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "aggravated",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "aggravate (third-person singular simple present aggravates, present participle aggravating, simple past and past participle aggravated)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "aggravation"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "worsen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "make matters worse"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "45 26 9 14 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "42 25 11 14 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 15 10 11 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 22 11 10 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 22 11 10 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "44 22 12 12 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "59 17 8 7 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Danish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 21 13 14 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 21 10 11 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 22 11 10 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "42 21 13 13 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 21 11 10 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 21 15 23 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 21 10 11 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Latin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 21 10 11 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Malayalam translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "43 22 12 11 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "67 18 6 5 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 22 11 10 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Occitan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 31 10 9 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 21 10 11 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "48 19 11 12 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 22 11 10 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 2:",
"text": "Once more, the more to aggrauate the note,\nWith a foule Traitors name ſtuffe I thy throte,\nAnd wiſh (ſo pleaſe my Soueraigne) ere I moue,\nWhat my tong ſpeaks, my right drawn ſword may proue",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1709, Joseph Addison, The Tatler:",
"text": "The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness."
],
"id": "en-aggravate-en-verb-MmLYpHdQ"
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1726, Homer, “Book XVI”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume IV, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:",
"text": "to aggravate my woes.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1837, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic:",
"text": "[…] to aggravate the horrors of the scene",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make worse; to exacerbate."
],
"id": "en-aggravate-en-verb-T4B~n6LU",
"links": [
[
"exacerbate",
"exacerbate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "20 75 1 2 2",
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "heighten"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 75 1 2 2",
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "intensify"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 75 1 2 2",
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "increase"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 75 1 2 2",
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "magnify"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 75 1 2 2",
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "exaggerate"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 75 1 2 2",
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "exacerbate"
}
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vlošavam",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "влошавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utežnjavam",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "утежнявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "agreujar"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zhoršit"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ztížit"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zostřit"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "forværre"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "f"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "verergeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "pahentaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "aggraver"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "verschlimmern"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "erschweren"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "súlyosbít"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "aggravō"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "vaṣaḷākkuka",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "വഷളാക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "forverre"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "forverre"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "agravar"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "agravar"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obostrjátʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обостря́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obostrítʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обостри́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usugubljátʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "усугубля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usugubítʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "усугуби́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otjagoščatʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отягощать"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxudšatʹ",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ухудшать"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "agravar"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "empeorar"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pohiršuvaty",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "погіршувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 54 1 3 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zahostrjuvaty",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "загострювати"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He aggravated the story.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify."
],
"id": "en-aggravate-en-verb-BokfWAYS",
"links": [
[
"weight",
"weight"
],
[
"intensity",
"intensity"
],
[
"magnify",
"magnify"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "11 4 77 6 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přibarvit"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 4 77 6 3",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ūtipperuppikkuka",
"sense": "To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances",
"word": "ഊതിപ്പെരുപ്പിക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 4 77 6 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usložnjátʹ",
"sense": "To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "усложня́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 4 77 6 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "uskladnjuvaty",
"sense": "To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances",
"word": "ускладнювати"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 4 77 6 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obtjažuvaty",
"sense": "To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances",
"word": "обтяжувати"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"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": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone."
],
"id": "en-aggravate-en-verb-IDMiNn9r",
"links": [
[
"pile",
"pile"
],
[
"heap",
"heap"
],
[
"on",
"on#English"
],
[
"upon",
"upon#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:",
"text": "If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"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": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To exasperate; to provoke or irritate."
],
"id": "en-aggravate-en-verb---x~GmCi",
"links": [
[
"exasperate",
"exasperate"
],
[
"provoke",
"provoke"
],
[
"irritate",
"irritate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now chiefly colloquial) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "5 13 2 2 78",
"sense": "to exasperate",
"word": "provoke"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 13 2 2 78",
"sense": "to exasperate",
"word": "irritate"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 13 2 2 78",
"sense": "to exasperate",
"word": "exasperate"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "jadosvam",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "ядосвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "irritar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozčílit"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rozčilovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "štvát"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "fremprovokere"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "agaci"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "ärsyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "suututtaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "ärgern"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "verbittern"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "alōsarappeṭuttuka",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "അലോസരപ്പെടുത്തുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "abusar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razdražátʹ",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "раздража́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "irritar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "exasperar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "sublevar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 1 1 91",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dratuvaty",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"word": "дратувати"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈæɡ.ɹə.veɪ̯t/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-aggravate.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-M%C3%A9lange_a_trois-aggravate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-M%C3%A9lange_a_trois-aggravate.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-M%C3%A9lange_a_trois-aggravate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-M%C3%A9lange_a_trois-aggravate.wav.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "adulterate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "aggravate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "alloy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "canker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "contaminate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "corrupt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "debase"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "debauch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "defile"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "deflower"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "degrade"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "deteriorate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "envenom"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "infect"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "impair"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "leaven"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "pejorate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "set back"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "stain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "sophisticate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "vitiate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "weaken"
}
],
"word": "aggravate"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “to make worse”",
"word": "alleviate"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “to make worse”",
"word": "mitigate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "ameliorate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "improve"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "repair"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "restore"
}
],
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷreh₂-",
"English undefined derivations",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Malayalam translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
"Terms with Occitan translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "aggravatable"
},
{
"word": "aggravative"
},
{
"word": "aggravator"
},
{
"word": "aggro"
},
{
"word": "overaggravate"
},
{
"word": "reaggravate"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷreh₂-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "aggravatus"
},
"expansion": "Latin aggravatus",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin aggravatus, past participle of aggravare (“to add to the weight of, make worse, oppress, annoy”), from ad (“to”) + gravare (“to make heavy”), from gravis (“heavy”). See grave and compare aggrieve and aggrege.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "aggravates",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "aggravating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "aggravated",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "aggravated",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "aggravate (third-person singular simple present aggravates, present participle aggravating, simple past and past participle aggravated)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "aggravation"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "worsen"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "make matters worse"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 2:",
"text": "Once more, the more to aggrauate the note,\nWith a foule Traitors name ſtuffe I thy throte,\nAnd wiſh (ſo pleaſe my Soueraigne) ere I moue,\nWhat my tong ſpeaks, my right drawn ſword may proue",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1709, Joseph Addison, The Tatler:",
"text": "The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1726, Homer, “Book XVI”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume IV, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:",
"text": "to aggravate my woes.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1837, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic:",
"text": "[…] to aggravate the horrors of the scene",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make worse; to exacerbate."
],
"links": [
[
"exacerbate",
"exacerbate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with rare senses",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He aggravated the story.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify."
],
"links": [
[
"weight",
"weight"
],
[
"intensity",
"intensity"
],
[
"magnify",
"magnify"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"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": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone."
],
"links": [
[
"pile",
"pile"
],
[
"heap",
"heap"
],
[
"on",
"on#English"
],
[
"upon",
"upon#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:",
"text": "If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"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": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To exasperate; to provoke or irritate."
],
"links": [
[
"exasperate",
"exasperate"
],
[
"provoke",
"provoke"
],
[
"irritate",
"irritate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now chiefly colloquial) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈæɡ.ɹə.veɪ̯t/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-aggravate.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-M%C3%A9lange_a_trois-aggravate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-M%C3%A9lange_a_trois-aggravate.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-M%C3%A9lange_a_trois-aggravate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-M%C3%A9lange_a_trois-aggravate.wav.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "heighten"
},
{
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "intensify"
},
{
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "increase"
},
{
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "magnify"
},
{
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "exaggerate"
},
{
"sense": "to make worse",
"word": "exacerbate"
},
{
"sense": "to exasperate",
"word": "provoke"
},
{
"sense": "to exasperate",
"word": "irritate"
},
{
"sense": "to exasperate",
"word": "exasperate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"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"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "vitiate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:aggravate",
"word": "weaken"
}
],
"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": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zhoršit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ztížit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zostřit"
},
{
"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": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "aggraver"
},
{
"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": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To make worse, or more severe",
"word": "agravar"
},
{
"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": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přibarvit"
},
{
"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": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozčílit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rozčilovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "štvát"
},
{
"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"
}
Download raw JSONL data for aggravate meaning in English (15.0kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.