to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate.

to embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate; exasperate.

verb

aid , calm , comfort , help , soothe

verb

add insult to injury * , aggravate , annoy , egg on * , embitter , enrage , envenom , exasperate , excite , fan the flames , feed the fire , go from bad to worse , heat up , heighten , hit on * , increase , inflame , intensify , irritate , madden , provoke , push one’s button , rattle one’s cage , rub salt in a wound , vex , worsennotes:to aggravate is to make something worse , while to exacerbate is to increase something\'s bitterness or harshness , anger , infuriate , ire , tease , worsen