Vocabulary
Aggravate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
make (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious.
Urdu meaning
سنگینی، بڑھکانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Rigid enforcement of the `Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan` will only aggravate suffering, risk undermining the country`s reputation for hospitality and invite diplomatic censure.
- And the problem is going to aggravate with time.
- Neither the political parties nor the ones controlling from behind the scenes realise that a completely hostage parliament, which is not interested in even pretending to represent the people, will not help stablise matters but aggravate it.
- Disruption of water supplies is bound to aggravate the existing water scarcity, reduce crop yields, and precipitate domestic unrest, especially in the water-stressed provinces of Punjab and Sindh.
- Waiting for outside help to arrive will only aggravate our climate challenges and not mitigate them.
Synonyms
annoy, irritate, exasperate, anger, irk, vex, put out, nettle, provoke, incense, rile,
Antonyms
calm, conciliate
Curator example
“military action would only aggravate the situation”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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