verb [VN]
1 to make an illness or a bad or unpleasant situation worse
SYNWORSEN:
Pollution can aggravate asthma. * Military intervention will only aggravate the conflict even further.
2 (informal) to annoy sb, especially deliberately
SYNIRRITATE
aggravating adjective:
aggravating circumstances / factors * Her constant interruptions were very aggravating.
aggravation noun [U,C]:
The drug may cause an aggravation of the condition. * I don't need all this aggravation at work.
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