🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

악화시키다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: akhwasikida

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Aggravate/ˈæɡ.rə.veɪt/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"스트레스는 증상을 악화시킬 수 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To make a problem, injury, or offense worse or more serious.

    "Stressing the knee too soon can aggravate the injury."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'aggravare', from 'ad-' (to) + 'gravis' (heavy), meaning to make heavy or burdensome. Entering Middle English in the 15th century, it initially meant to make a wrong or offense more serious, later expanding in the 17th century to include worsening physical conditions or annoying people.

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