°To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
"To aggravate my woes. —Alexander Pope"
°To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. — William Paley.
synonyms:
heighten, intensify, increase, magnify
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, exaggerate, provoke, irritate, exasperate