exagitate

Example:Emotions can be aggravated by strong rhetoric.

Definition:To make worse or more acute

Example:The tension was intensified by the exagitation of the political situation.

Definition:To make more intense or more acute; to increase or enhance in degree or strength

Example:The speaker's provocative words stirred up passions and exagitated the debate.

Definition:To excite the temper or emotions of; provoke; inflame