Aggravate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to Increase.

II. Aggravate ·vt To give coloring to in description; to Exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.

III. Aggravate ·vt To Exasperate; to Provoke; to Irritate.

IV. Aggravate ·vt To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to Enhance; to Intensify.