加剧

加劇

jiājù

verb HSK 7-9 #22,067

Meanings

HSK 5

全球变暖加剧了自然灾害。

Quánqiú biànnuǎn jiājù le zìrán zāihài.

Global warming has aggravated natural disasters.

HSK 5

两国之间的矛盾不断加剧。

Liǎng guó zhījiān de máodùn búduàn jiājù.

The conflict between the two countries keeps intensifying.

usage

加剧 is almost always used for negative things getting worse - conflicts, pollution, disease, tension. Unlike 加深 which can be neutral or positive.

加 jiā

剧 jù