 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aggravating
adjective: making worse [syn: {exacerbating}, {exasperating}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aggravate \Ag"gra*vate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Aggravated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Aggravating}.] [L. aggravatus, p. p. of
aggravare. See {Aggrieve}.]
1. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.]
''To aggravate thy store.'' --Shak.
2. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or
less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to
intensify. ''To aggravate my woes.'' --Pope.
To aggravate the horrors of the scene. --Prescott.
The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did
rather aggravate than extenuate his crime.
--Addison.
3. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to
aggravate circumstances. --Paley.
4. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [Colloq.]
If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother
and sister do mine. --Richardson
(Clarissa).
Syn: To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate;
provoke; irritate; exasperate.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aggravating \Ag"gra*va'ting\, adjective
1. Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating
circumstances.
2. Exasperating; provoking; irritating. [Colloq.]
A thing at once ridiculous and aggravating. --J.
Ingelow.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "aggravating":
aggravative, annoying, bothering, bothersome, contentious,
disturbing, exasperating, exasperative, galling, harassing,
importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritating, pesky,
pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome,
plaguey, plaguing, provocative, provoking, teasing, tiresome,
tormenting, troublesome, troubling, vexatious, vexing, wearisome,
worrisome, worrying
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