Aggravate: To make something worse or more serious.
The word aggravate is also used in the context of meaning to annoy or irritate which strictly speaking is incorrect.
The failure of crops and lack of food was aggravated by many years of drought.
The high rate of deaths during the plague was aggravated by the lack of basic hygiene
The word aggravate is also used in the context of meaning to annoy or irritate which strictly speaking is incorrect.
The failure of crops and lack of food was aggravated by many years of drought.
The high rate of deaths during the plague was aggravated by the lack of basic hygiene