v. t. | 1. | To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. |
2. | To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. | |
3. | To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; | |
4. | To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. |
Verb | 1. | aggravate - make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" |
2. | aggravate - exasperate or irritate Synonyms: exasperate, exacerbate |