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Meanings of aggravate in English

Portuguese
agravar
Catalan
enfellonir
Spanish
empeorar

Make worse.

      agravar
      Usage of aggravate in English
      1
      China and Russia expressed concern the plans could aggravate Middle East hostilities.
      Radio NZ
      2
      The separatist authorities are trying to aggravate the situation in the region.
      Reuters
      3
      Higher sea levels would aggravate storm surges or the impact of tsunamis.
      Reuters
      4
      Studies suggest that stretching may actually aggravate and speed the contracture process.
      Rock and Ice Magazine
      5
      That gap in prosperity can aggravate simmering social, economic and political tensions.
      The Guardian
      6
      This circumstance tended greatly to aggravate the injury received in the accident.
      The Law and the Lady
      7
      The war will thus aggravate a rise of prices already in prospect.
      The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
      8
      Therefore kinship of the person sinned against does not aggravate the sin.
      Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
      9
      None of these alternatives will either ease or aggravate her past anguish.
      A grief observed
      10
      But try to purify the government artificially and you only aggravate failure.
      Democracy, an American novel
      11
      The lack of that assurance would, I believe, aggravate the economic instability.
      State of the Union Addresses
      12
      To suck more ice or snow was merely to aggravate the inflammation.
      The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
      13
      The effect was to aggravate a passive distaste into a positive aversion.
      Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography
      14
      But sin does not excuse from sin, rather does it aggravate it.
      Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
      15
      Caffeine in cold and flu medications can aggravate insomnia, as can depression.
      The South African
      16
      There is still something to aggravate thy misery yet far more abundantly.
      Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
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