aggravate

Other forms of aggravate

past tense

aggravated·

present participle

aggravating·

third person

aggravates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aggravate

What does aggravate mean?

aggravate means "make worse". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aggravate?

aggravate has 3 syllables: ag-gra-vate. The stress falls on "ag". In IPA it is /ˈæɡɹəˌveɪt/.

What is another word for aggravate?

Close synonyms include worsen, exacerbate, exasperate, exacerbate, exasperate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aggravate a common word?

aggravate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with aggravate?

12 words rhyme with aggravate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.