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Adjective

Irritated or angered by something unwanted or disliked

Feeling or expressing distress or anxiety

Worse or more severe in intensity

Consumed by stress, typically from work, demands or pressure

Characterized by a sullen or forbidding appearance or mood

To have intensified

To have triggered a passionate feeling or reaction

To have thrown into a state of distress marked by confusion

Past tense for to annoy, irritate or exasperate (someone)

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Adjective

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Irritated or angered by something unwanted or disliked

ill-humored^US

as cross as two sticks

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

with all guns blazing

in a bate

in a filthy temper

excited

burning with excitement

dishonored^US

dishonoured^UK

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

carrying a chip on your shoulder

beside yourself with rage

like a bear with a sore head

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

with a chip on your shoulder

thin-skinned

in a mood

short-fused

having got out of bed on the wrong side

fed up to the back teeth

humourless^UK

humorless^US

with chip on shoulder

sniveling^US

snivelling^UK

having a fit of the sulks

having got out of bed the wrong side

have had it up to here with

have had enough

have had a basinful of

have had something up to here

baulked^UK

balked^US

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“He was aggravated by hypocrisy and pomposity, by windbags and charlatans, by most politicians, by simplistic views of the world.”

Adjective

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Feeling or expressing distress or anxiety

like a fish out of water

in a state of agitation

like a cat on a hot tin roof

like a cat on hot bricks

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

having butterflies in the stomach

with one's stomach in knots

with your heart in your mouth

put out of countenance

shaking in one's shoes

lacking social skills

agonized^US

agonised^UK

racked with suffering

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“Michelle felt aggravated by her parents telling her about complications they see in people with diabetes.”

Adjective

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Worse or more severe in intensity

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

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“The government had failed to deal with the aggravated issue of shortages caused by the severe winters.”

Adjective

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Consumed by stress, typically from work, demands or pressure

with your back to the wall

with one's back up against the wall

at the end of your tether

at the end of one's rope

between a rock and a hard place

pressurized^US

pressurised^UK

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Adjective

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Characterized by a sullen or forbidding appearance or mood

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

having got out of bed on the wrong side

as cross as two sticks

having got out of bed the wrong side

somber^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

sombre^UK

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Verb

To have intensified

added insult to injury

fanned the flames of

added fuel to the flames

rubbed salt in the wound

added to

added fuel to the fire

spiralled^UK

spiraled^US

maximized^US

maximised^UK

went through the roof

gone through the roof

thrived

leaped^US

leapt^UK

went through the ceiling

piled up

spread like wildfire

gone through the ceiling

emphasized^US

optimized^US

dramatically increased

puffed up

boosted up

pushed up

emphasised^UK

drastically increased

increased exponentially

optimised^UK

put salt on the wound

became more numerous

heated up

spread like lightning

spread through

het up

burst forth

increased dramatically

dramatized^US

revitalized^US

smouldered^UK

broadened one's horizons

sent through the roof

revitalised^UK

dramatised^UK

made a big thing out of

smoldered^US

blew something out of all proportion

drove up

blew up out of all proportion

driven up

blown up out of all proportion

blown something out of all proportion

went from bad to worse

gone from bad to worse

elongated

drew out

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“The communication barriers created by rank structures further aggravate these issues.”

Verb

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To have triggered a passionate feeling or reaction

galvanized^US

energised^UK

energized^US

galvanised^UK

revitalized^US

revitalised^UK

fired the imagination of

catalyzed^US

mobilized^US

mobilised^UK

catalysed^UK

fired with enthusiasm

breathed new life into

fired the enthusiasm of

given a shot in the arm to

gave a shot in the arm to

acted as a stimulus to

given someone a shout

initialized^US

stiffened the resolve of

raised the morale of

boosted morale

lifted the spirits of

propped up

bielded

stimulated spiritually

favoured^UK

favored^US

added fuel to the flames

pressurized^US

initialised^UK

acted as a incentive to

magnetized^US

modernized^US

given someone a charge

pressurised^UK

gave someone a charge

modernised^UK

magnetised^UK

acted as an incentive to

whetted one's appetite

left the door open to

gave the incentive to

took out of mothballs

taken out of mothballs

given the incentive to

given courage to

gave courage to

took your breath away

taken your breath away

gave a shot in the arm

given a shot in the arm

took a turn for the better

taken heart

took heart

taken a turn for the better

got a rise out of

gotten a rise out of

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Verb

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To have thrown into a state of distress marked by confusion

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Past tense for to annoy, irritate or exasperate (someone)

antagonised^UK

antagonized^US

rubbed up the wrong way

gotten on one's nerves

got on your nerves

gotten on your nerves

ruffled one's feathers

tried your patience

got under your skin

gotten under your skin

got up someone's nose

gotten up someone's nose

got your goat

made somebody's hackles rise

got your back up

gotten your back up

got on your wick

“This person was still following me, and it was beginning to aggravate me.”

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