[ăǵrə-vāt́]
(v.)To make worse or more troublesome.
(v.)To rouse to exasperation or anger; provoke. See synonyms at annoy
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Infinitive; to aggravate ... to aggravate (third-person singular simple present aggravates, present participle aggravating, simple past and past participle aggravated) ... If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. — Samuel Richardson Clarissa.
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Definition of aggravate from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... usage Although aggravate has been used in sense 3a since the 17th century, it has been the object of disapproval only since about 1870. It is used in expository prose...
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USAGE NOTE Aggravate comes from the Latin verb aggravāre, which meant "to make heavier," that is, "to add to the weight of." It also had the extended senses "to annoy" and "to oppress." Some people claim that aggravate can only mean "to make worse," and not "to irritate," on the basis of the word's etymology.
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To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. ... To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. ... To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.
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