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aggravate

verb as in cause to become worse

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Going off your meds is a surefire way to aggravate your doctor.

From Fortune

Westbrook will miss time with a left quadriceps injury he initially suffered during training camp last month and aggravated at Philadelphia last week.

The discontent has arguably been aggravated by Robinhood’s approach to customer service.

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While the argument for using dark text on light backgrounds is fairly strong, however, the argument that it makes the experience aggravating for some also holds true.

The problem is, if you have too many redirects on your site, you can start to aggravate your site visitors.

In the coming decade, new robotic technologies could further aggravate the problem.

He said austerity is pushing the euro zone into recession, which will further aggravate political tensions.

Medicaid Plus will thus aggravate the horrific budget crisis of the states.

This, in turn, serves to amplify and aggravate differences of interest and power among the competing national groups.

He had the innate slant of mind that properly belongs to a moderator of mass meetings called to aggravate a crisis.

You judged us both as undesirables, therefore any attempt at explanation would, I know, only aggravate our offence in your eyes.

The internal divisions, too, aggravate our weakness; and now, even Most has turned apostate.

Menstruation may aggravate goitre, uterine fibroid tumours, skin diseases, and affections of the blood vessels.

Symptoms should not be mistaken for causes, but pelvic diseases at least aggravate a tendency toward mental unbalance.

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On this page you'll find 132 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to aggravate, such as: bother, irritate, provoke, bug, dog, and exasperate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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