aggravate

Definitions

• To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
• (by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.
• (now) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
• (obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on (on) or upon (upon) someone.
• (now) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.