aggravate

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'aggraver un problème, une blessure ou une offense, ou pour irriter ou exaspérer quelqu'un.

A verb used to indicate the act of making a problem, injury, or offense worse or more serious, or to annoy or exasperate someone.

1. Make worseB2formal

   To make a problem, injury, or situation more serious or severe.

   aggraver

   • Smoking can aggravate your respiratory problems.
   • The delay only aggravated the already tense situation.
   • His comments aggravated the conflict between the two groups.

   Synonymesamplifycompoundexacerbateheightenincreaseintensifymagnifyworsen

   Antonymesalleviateameliorateimprove

2. Annoy or irritateB1informal

   To cause someone to feel annoyed or frustrated.

   Agacer, irriter

   • Her constant complaining really aggravates me.
   • The loud music from the neighbor's party aggravated him.
   • Stop aggravating your sister with those silly jokes.

   Synonymesannoyexasperategallirkirritatenettlepeeveprovokerilevex

   Antonymesappeasecalmcomfortpacifypleasesoothe