aggravate

verb

make angry or worse, anger-inducing, worsening

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Pronunciation: /ˈæɡɹəvət/ / /ˈæɡ.ɹə.veɪ̯t/

adj

Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1471 in Middle English, the verb in 1530; from Latin aggravātus, perfect passive participle of aggravō (“to add to the weight of, make worse, oppress, annoy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to”) + gravō (“to make heavy”), from gravis (“heavy”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See grave and compare aggrieve and aggrege. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. By surface analysis, ag- + grave (“heavy”) + -ate (“verb suffix”).

Aggravated.
Loaded, burdened, weighed down.
Heightened, intensified.
Under ecclesiastical censure, excommunicated.

verb

To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
“Once more, the more to aggrauate the note, With a foule Traitors name ſtuffe I thy throte, And wiſh (ſo pleaſe my Soueraigne) ere I moue, What my tong ſpeaks, my right drawn ſword may proue”
“The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime.”
To make (any bad thing) worse.
“to aggravate my woes.”
“[…] to aggravate the horrors of the scene”
To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
“He aggravated the story.”
To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
“In order to lighten the crown still further, they aggravated responsibility on ministers of state.”
To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
“If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine.”
“Ben Bella was aggravated by having to express himself in French because the Egyptians were unable to understand his Arabic.”