To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.

exasperate or irritate

To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.

To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.

make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.

To make more serious or severe.