vt to make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.
2. aggravate ·vt to give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.
3. aggravate ·vt to exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
4. aggravate ·vt to make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.