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Synonyms for aggravation
The synonym for aggravation recorded in this bank is exacerbation, in the sense "action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for aggravation
- exacerbationnoun, in the sense "action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and aggravation carries one sense so far.
action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
The aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care.
The true synonym
exacerbation
Same sentence, swapped: The exacerbation of her condition resulted from lack of care.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- roughness
- focusing
- discontent
Where aggravation turns up in the game
aggravation is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play aggravation
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so aggravation reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company aggravation keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. aggravation carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.