отягощать — meaning in English

English meaning

• aggravate verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
• burden noun A heavy load, or a difficult responsibility or worry someone has to carry.
• encumber verb To load down something with a burden.

Senses

отягощать is used for these senses in English:

• aggravate To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness. [from 16th c.]

aggravate — full definition

1. verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
2. verb To annoy or irritate someone.

burden — full definition

1. noun A heavy load, or a difficult responsibility or worry someone has to carry.
2. verb To load someone down, literally or figuratively, with a burden.

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