Definition of "aggravate" in Anglais

verb

1. To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.

2. (by extension) To make (any bad thing) worse.

3. (now rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.

   • He aggravated the story.

4. (obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.

5. (now chiefly colloquial; often proscribed; see usage notes) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.

adjective

1. (as a participle) Aggravated.

2. Loaded, burdened, weighed down.

3. (in a bad sense) Heightened, intensified.

4. (religion) Under ecclesiastical censure, excommunicated.