Synonyms of aggravated

aggravated 1 of 2

adjective

as in irritated

subjected to and reacting with irritation

aggravated customers looking in vain for a salesclerk for assistance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritated
• annoyed
• bothered
• exasperated
• upset
• angry
• displeased
• infuriated
• irritable
• vexed
• frustrated
• peeved
• angered
• disturbed
• irked
• troubled
• outraged
• mad
• indignant
• galled
• distressed
• scunnered
• narked
• sore
• perturbed
• put out
• irate
• inflamed
• riled
• provoked
• enflamed
• resentful
• teed off
• tortured
• peevish
• petulant
• ireful
• irascible
• steaming
• snappish
• plagued
• fretful
• cantankerous
• grumpy
• harassed
• tormented
• cross
• dyspeptic
• testy
• bilious
• grouchy
• huffy
• harried
• disapproving
• churlish
• rankled
• badgered
• tested
• piqued
• touchy
• crabby
• snuffy
• bristly
• tried
• persecuted
• choleric
• roiled
• shirty
• ill-humored
• bedeviled
• inconvenienced
• cranky
• hassled
• fussy
• pestered
• bearish
• pinpricked
• haggled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleased
• satisfied
• happy
• content
• delighted
• calm
• serene
• tranquil
• placid
• peaceable
• pacific

aggravated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of aggravate

1

as in annoyed

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

it really aggravates me when I arrive 10 minutes before the stated closing time, and the store's closed already

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoyed
• irritated
• bothered
• bugged
• persecuted
• exasperated
• got
• infuriated
• vexed
• irked
• angered
• peeved
• worried
• riled
• nettled
• plagued
• ate
• itched
• burnt (up)
• burned (up)
• chafed
• piqued
• provoked
• griped
• grated
• ruffled
• teased
• insulted
• got to
• galled
• wore on
• put out
• hacked (off)
• narked
• rasped
• spited
• frosted
• upset
• rubbed the wrong way
• enraged
• harassed
• vext
• offended
• stuck in one's craw
• nagged
• got on one's nerves
• inflamed
• roused
• enflamed
• agitated
• got one's goat
• hassled
• set one's teeth on edge
• unsettled
• heckled
• badgered
• perturbed
• incensed
• antagonized
• harried
• pestered
• distressed
• outraged
• maddened
• disquieted
• discomforted
• affronted
• miffed
• rankled
• unhinged
• roiled
• discomposed
• exercised
• baited
• deviled
• fretted
• bullyragged
• ballyragged
• freaked (out)
• undid
• devilled
• hagrode

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obliged
• appeased
• pacified
• mollified
• satisfied
• pleased
• delighted
• gratified
• placated
• assured
• conciliated
• propitiated
• reassured
• soothed
• comforted
• contented
• quieted
• cheered
• consoled
• gladdened
• solaced

2

as in deepened

to make more severe

overheated rhetoric that only aggravated an already tense situation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deepened
• intensified
• worsened
• exacerbated
• complicated
• amplified
• magnified

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• relieved
• alleviated
• mitigated
• helped
• eased
• improved
• allayed
• assuaged
• ameliorated
• bettered