aggravare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to worsen or aggravate
  2. (transitive) to increase (a penalty)
  3. (intransitive) to worsen, to become worse

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
ag‧gra‧và‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aɡ.ɡraˈva.re/
Etymology

From Latin aggravāre (“to add to or increase the weight of, make heavier, weigh down; to make worse or more dangerous, aggravate; to oppress, burden, annoy”).

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