Aggravating

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Making worse or more heinous: as, aggravating circumstances. Provoking; annoying; exasperating: as, he is an aggravating fellow.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Making worse or more heinous.
  • adjective. Exasperating; provoking; irritating.
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  • verb. Present participle of aggravate.
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  • adjective. making worse
  • Word Usage
    "JOHNSON: Well, in -- in California, we have to weigh what we call aggravating and mitigating factors."
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    aggravate