Aggravate — Defs

01 v. t. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.

imp. & p. p. Aggravated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggravating

1.
To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.[Obs.]
2.
To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
“To aggravate the horrors of the scene.” — Prescott.

“The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime.” — Addison.
3.
To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.
4.
To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.[Colloq.]
“If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine.” — Richardson (Clarissa).