verb
- Make worse.
- usage: "This drug aggravates the pain"
- synonyms: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
- Exasperate or irritate.
- synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate
adjective
- Making worse.
- synonyms: aggravating, exasperating
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