aggravate

aggravate is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.] "To aggravate thy store." Shak.

[2] To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. "To aggravate my woes." Pope. To aggravate the horrors of the scene. Prescott. The defense made by the prisioner`s counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. Addison.

[3] To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. Paley.

[4] To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [Colloq.] If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. Richardson (Clarissa).