Aggravate

v. t.	1.	To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [imp. & p. p. Aggravated ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Aggravating.]
	2.	To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. To aggravate the horrors of the scene. - Prescott. The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. - Addison.
	3.	To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.
	4.	To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. - Richardson (Clarissa).

Verb	1.	aggravate - make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" Synonyms: exacerbate, worsen, exasperate
	2.	aggravate - exasperate or irritate Synonyms: exasperate, exacerbate

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