how to pronounce aggravate

/ˈæɡ.ɹə.vɛɪt/

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aggravate is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of aggravate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… not aggravate in it there's math and I …”

meanings of aggravate

verb:

To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
To make worse; to exacerbate.
To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.

aggravate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word aggravate occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics aggravate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that aggravate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;