Associations to the word «Aggravate»

Wiktionary

AGGRAVATE, verb. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
AGGRAVATE, verb. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. — William Paley.
AGGRAVATE, verb. To exasperate; to provoke, to irritate.

Dictionary definition

AGGRAVATE, verb. Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain".
AGGRAVATE, verb. Exasperate or irritate.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley