aggravate

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Verb[change]

Plain form
aggravate

Third-person singular
aggravates

Past tense
aggravated

Past participle
aggravated

Present participle
aggravating

  1. To aggravate is to make something worse.
    The doctor said eating too much would aggravate his condition.
    When you aggravate someone, you irritate and annoy them.
    The sound of her voice was enough to aggravate me.

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