If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse. Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation = exacerbate ¡Ù alleviate
To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances
If someone or something aggravates you, they make you annoyed. What aggravates you most about this country? = annoy + aggravating ag·gra·vat·ing You don't realise how aggravating you can be. = annoying + aggravation aggravations ag·gra·va·tion I just couldn't take the aggravation. = annoyance
To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify
To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. -Paley