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aggravate

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1. v. t. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. Source: opted
2. v. t. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. Source: opted
3. v. t. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. Source: opted
4. v. t. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. Source: opted
5. v. make worse Source: wordnet
6. v. exasperate or irritate Source: wordnet
7. v:100 v make worse v exasperate or irritate Source: ecdict

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exasperate irritate worse less circumstances coloring description enhance exaggerate excusable give heavier heavy increase intensify offensive provoke render severe tolerable

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aggrandising aggrandizable aggrandization aggrandize

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