Usually means: Makes a situation or condition worse.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word aggravates:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. aggravates: Merriam-Webster
  2. aggravates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. aggravates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Aggravates, aggravates: Wordnik
  5. aggravates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. aggravates: Wiktionary
  7. aggravates: Dictionary.com
  8. aggravates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. aggravates: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. aggravates: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. aggravates: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. aggravates: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See aggravate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (aggravate)

verb:  To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
verb:  (by extension) To make (any bad thing) worse.
verb:  (now rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
verb:  (obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
verb:  (now chiefly colloquial; often proscribed; see usage notes) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
▸ Also see aggravate


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