Grammatical class

Verb

aggraver

to worsen (make worse)

Details

Syllables

ag-gra-ver

Phonetics

a.gʁa.ve

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

15409

Freq. (movies)

10547

Freq. (news)

8012

Sentences

Ça ne fait qu'aggraver le problème.

That only makes the problem worse.

A1

Je ne veux pas aggraver les choses.

I don't want to make matters worse.

A1

Tu ne fais qu'aggraver la situation.

You're only exacerbating the situation.

A1

Ça va encore aggraver la situation.

That'll only make things worse.

B1

Son père mourut, et pour aggraver les choses, sa mère tomba malade.

His father died, and to make matters worse, his mother fell ill.

B1

Appelle vite un médecin, sinon l'état du patient pourrait s'aggraver.

Send for the doctor at once, or the patient may get worse.

B1

Pour aggraver les choses, il commença à pleuvoir.

To make matters worse, it began to rain.

B2

Le traitement du médecin n'a fait qu'aggraver la condition de mon époux.

The doctor's treatment has only aggravated my husband's condition.

B2