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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn