- (v.t.) To make worse or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
- (v.t.) To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.
- (v.t.) To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
- (v.t.) To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| Chicago | Webster's. 2011. "aggravate" http://smartdefine.org/aggravate/definitions/1971733 (accessed September 22, 2026). |
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| MLA | Webster's. "aggravate" 27 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/aggravate/definitions/1971733> |