<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: to aggravate a grievance; to aggravate an illness.</li><li>Synonyms: increase, heighten.</li><li>Antonyms: alleviate.</li><li>to annoy; irritate; exasperate: His questions aggravate her.</li><li>Synonyms: rile, vex, anger.</li><li>to cause to become irritated or inflamed: The child's constant scratching aggravated the rash.</li></ul>