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It means make worse, not anger or irritate.
As the stylebook notes, in precise usage, "aggravate" means to make worse, not anger or irritate.
Now we're suffering through a painfully slow recovery, which Washington may soon make worse.
But that is a problem that cutting aid will only make worse.
He inherited a mess, which he proceeded only to make worse.
Would Eric Cartman make worse use of them than the average Blackwater contractor?
Using this word to mean annoy, rather than make worse, really aggravates some people.
They found that in a polarized environment voters make worse choices and have more confidence in them.
He's grateful that, since he was already an adult, he didn't make worse mistakes when he became known.
"Group decisions often suffer from something called groupthink, where conformity and the desire for intragroup harmony lead groups to make worse decisions," Berger explains.
You also find the libertarian view that our national interest is best served by staying out of a situation we can only make worse.
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