Having the quality or effect of making something worse or more serious.
Formed by adding the suffix '-ative' (having the quality of) to 'aggravate.' The -ative suffix indicates something has a tendency to do or cause something.
English loves the -ative suffix for describing what something tends to do — like 'creative' means having the quality of creating, so 'aggravative' means having the quality of aggravating.
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