English-Dutch translations for aggravate

• verergeren
  Als we die weg bewandelen kunnen we de situatie zelfs nog verergeren. By these means we might even aggravate them.
  De haastig in elkaar geflanste oostwaartse uitbreiding zal dit fenomeen alleen nog maar verergeren. Enlargement to the East, which has been decided in haste, will aggravate this phenomenon.
• verontwaardigen
• verzwaren

Definition of aggravate

• To make worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
• To make worse; to exacerbate.
• To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
• To pile or heap or someone.
• To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.

Examples

• He aggravated the story

Related words

• aggravated
• aggravatedly
• be aggravated