Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb aggravate

2 senses of aggravate

Sense 1
worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate -- (make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 2
exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate -- (exasperate or irritate)
       => anger -- (make angry; "The news angered him")

Antonyms of adj aggravated

2 senses of aggravated

Sense 1
aggravated -- (made more severe or intense especially in law; "aggravated assault")

INDIRECT (VIA intense) -> mild -- (moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism")

Sense 2
aggravated, provoked -- (incited, especially deliberately, to anger; "aggravated by passive resistance"; "the provoked animal attacked the child")

INDIRECT (VIA angry) -> unangry -- (not angry)

Similarity of adj aggravated

2 senses of aggravated

Sense 1
aggravated -- (made more severe or intense especially in law; "aggravated assault")
       => intense (vs. mild) -- (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense")

Sense 2
aggravated, provoked -- (incited, especially deliberately, to anger; "aggravated by passive resistance"; "the provoked animal attacked the child")
       => angry (vs. unangry) -- (feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers")