aggravate
verb
[ ˈaɡrəveɪt ]
• make (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious.
• "military action would only aggravate the situation"
• annoy or exasperate.
Similar:
annoy,
irritate,
exasperate,
anger,
irk,
vex,
put out,
nettle,
provoke,
incense,
rile,
infuriate,
antagonize,
get on someone's nerves,
rub up the wrong way,
make someone's blood boil,
ruffle someone's feathers,
ruffle,
try someone's patience,
make someone's hackles rise,
offend,
pique,
rankle,
peeve,
needle,
make someone see red,
get someone's back up,
get someone's goat,
get under someone's skin,
bug,
get someone,
miff,
hack off,
wind up,
get at,
nark,
get across,
get on someone's wick,
get up someone's nose,
tick off,
bum out,
piss off,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin aggravat- ‘made heavy’, from the verb aggravare, from ad- (expressing increase) + gravis ‘heavy’.