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aggravating
adjective
Definition of AGGRAVATING
: arousing displeasure, impatience, or anger <an aggravating habit>
Usage Discussion of AGGRAVATING
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First Known Use of AGGRAVATING
1673
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- abrasive, annoying, bothersome, carking, chafing, disturbing, exasperating, frustrating, galling, irksome, irritating, maddening, nettlesome, nettling, peeving, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, pesty, plaguey (also plaguy), rankling, rebarbative, riling, vexatious, vexing
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