aggravating

English

Verb

aggravating

1. present participle and gerund of aggravate

Adjective

aggravating (comparative more aggravating, superlative most aggravating)

1. That makes something worse.

   Antonyms: alleviating, extenuating, mitigating

   aggravating circumstances

2. (informal) Annoying.

Derived terms

• aggravating factor
• aggravatingly
• unaggravating

 

Further reading

• “aggravating”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “aggravating”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “aggravating”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.