- L. aggravatus, p. p. of aggravare. See Aggrieve
- To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.ObsToaggravatethy store.
- To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.Toaggravatemy woes.To aggravate the horrors of the scene.The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime.
- To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.
- To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.ColloqIf both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine.To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate; provoke; irritate; exasperate.
