aggravate🔊

To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness. +

(by extension) To make (any bad thing) worse. +

(rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify. +

(obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) (on) or (upon) someone. +

(see usage notes) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate. +