aggravate

Etymology
From, past participle of , from + , from. See and compare  and.

Verb

 * 1) To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
 * 2)  To make worse; to exacerbate.
 * 3)  To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
 * 4)  To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous)  or  someone.
 * 5)  To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
 * 1)  To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
 * 2)  To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous)  or  someone.
 * 3)  To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
 * 1)  To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous)  or  someone.
 * 2)  To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
 * 1)  To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.

Usage notes
Although the meaning "to exasperate, to annoy" has been in continuous usage since the 16th century, a large number of usage mavens have contested it since the 1870s. Opinions have swayed from this proscription since 1965, but it still garners disapproval in Garner's Modern American Usage (2009), at least for formal writing.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:annoy
 * See also Thesaurus:annoy
 * See also Thesaurus:annoy

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:, ztížit, zostřit
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Latin: aggravō
 * Malayalam: വഷളാക്കുക
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: forverre
 * Nynorsk: forverre
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: погіршувати, загострювати


 * Czech: přibarvit
 * Malayalam: ഊതിപ്പെരുപ്പിക്കുക
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: ускладнювати,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: rozčílit, ,
 * Danish: fremprovokere
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Malayalam: അലോസരപ്പെടുത്തുക
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: дратувати