aggravate

verb

• To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
• (by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.
• To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.

  "He aggravated the story."

• To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
• To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.