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MITIGATES Antonyms

There are 16 antonyms of the word mitigates. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For MITIGATES

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aggravates
verbv
verb

• make worse

• exasperate or irritate

amplifies
verbv
verb

• increase in size, volume or significance

• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

• exaggerate or make bigger

• increase the volume of

escalates
verbv
verb

• increase in extent or intensity

exacerbates
verbv
verb

• make worse

• exasperate or irritate

heightens
verbv
verb

• become more extreme

• make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

• increase the level of

• increase the height of

• make (one's senses) more acute

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

intensifies
verbv
verb

• increase in extent or intensity

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

• become more intense

• make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

magnifies
verbv
verb

• increase in size, volume or significance

• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

• make large

worsens
verbv
verb

• grow worse

• make worse

aggrandize
verbv
verb

• add details to

aggravate
verbv
verb

• make worse

• exasperate or irritate

exacerbate
verbv
verb

• make worse

• exasperate or irritate

incite
verbv
verb

• give an incentive for action

• provoke or stir up

• urge on; cause to act

increase
verbv
noun

• a quantity that is added

• a change resulting in an increase

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• the amount by which something increases

• the act of increasing something

verb

• become bigger or greater in amount

• make bigger or more

intensify
verbv
verb

• increase in extent or intensity

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

• become more intense

• make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

irritate
verbv
verb

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame

• excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus

worsen
verbv
verb

• grow worse

• make worse

Alternatives for AGGRAVATES

Alternatives for AMPLIFIES

Alternatives for ESCALATES

Alternatives for EXACERBATES

Alternatives for HEIGHTENS

Alternatives for INTENSIFIES

Alternatives for MAGNIFIES

Alternatives for WORSENS

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