aggravating

aggravating

adj

Definition of AGGRAVATING

: arousing displeasure, impatience, or anger <an aggravating habit>

See Usage Discussion at aggravate

Examples of AGGRAVATING

1. <there's nothing so aggravating as a blaring car alarm that no one is paying any attention to>

First Known Use of AGGRAVATING

1673

Related to AGGRAVATING

Synonyms: 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

Related Words: burdensome, discomforting, displeasing, disquieting, distressing, importunate, importune, inconveniencing; angering, enraging, infuriating; brattish, bratty, mischievous, offensive, troublesome, upsetting; distractive, painful, stressful, tiresome, troubling, trying, worrisome; biting, grating, jangling, jarring, spiny, thorny

Near Antonyms: delightful, pleasing

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Rhymes with AGGRAVATING

calculating, carbon dating, fascinating, figure skating, in-line skating, maid-in-waiting, nauseating, open dating, operating, penetrating, suffocating, titillating