aggravate Copy link Outline I. To make worse or less endurable1. grăvo, 12. aggrăvo, 13. ingrăvo, 1 (less frequent)4. aspĕro, 15. exulcĕro, 1 (as a sore)6. ŏnĕro, 1 (chiefly in Liv. and Tac.)7. augeo, xi, ctum, 2II. To describe in exaggerated terms1. augeo, 22. aspĕro, 1 • aggravate: I. To make worse or less endurable: 1. grăvo, 1: forbear to a. my hard lot, tu fortunam parce g. meam, Ov.: to a. one's unpopularity, alicujus invidiam g., Tac. 2. aggrăvo, 1: affairs had been a.d by a war, bello res aggravatae erant, Liv.: Plin. 3. ingrăvo, 1 (less frequent): the one a.s my misfortunes, the other relieves them, illa meos casus i., illa levat, Ov.: Virg. 4. aspĕro, 1: to a. the wrath of a conqueror, iram victoris a., Tac. 5. exulcĕro, 1 (as a sore): what they cannot heal they a., ea quae sanare nequeunt, e., Cic.: to a. grief, dolorem e., Plin. Ep. 6. ŏnĕro, 1 (chiefly in Liv. and Tac.): to a. a wrong, injuriam o., Liv.: to a. anxieties, curas o., Tac. 7. augeo, xi, ctum, 2: to a. any one's grief, a. alicui dolorem, Cic.: age a.s gluttony, vitium ventris et gutturis aetas a., Cic.: v. to increase. II. To describe in exaggerated terms: 1. augeo, 2: to a. the heinousness of an action, facti atrocitatem a., Cic.: to a. a charge, crimen a., Quint. 2. aspĕro, 1: that he might seem neither to soften nor to a. the accusations, ne lenire neve a. crimina videretur, Tac.: v. to exaggerate.