aggravate

/ˈa-grə-ˌvāt/

borrowed from Latin aggravātus, past participle of aggravāre "to weigh down, burden, oppress, make worse," from ad- ad-gravāre "to make heavy, oppress, weigh heavily upon," verbal derivative of gravis "heavy"

verb

  1. to make (something) worse, more serious, or more severe : to intensify (something) unpleasantly

  2. to make (someone) angry or irritated especially by bothering again and again

  3. to produce inflammation in (a part of the body) : irritate

His back injury was aggravated by too much exercise.