OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 8581

aggravate

/ˈæɡ.ɹə.veɪ̯t/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
agravar • empeorar
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime.
exasperar • irritar • sublevar
To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
Ben Bella was aggravated by having to express himself in French because the Egyptians were unable to understand his Arabic.
If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine.