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Synonyms & Antonyms of aggravating
(Entry 1 of 2)
causing annoyance
- there's nothing so aggravating as a blaring car alarm that no one is paying any attention to
Synonyms for aggravating
- 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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Near Antonyms for aggravating
aggravating
verb
present participle of aggravate
Synonyms & Antonyms of aggravating (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
- it really aggravates me when I arrive 10 minutes before the stated closing time, and the store's closed already
Synonyms for aggravating
- annoying,
- bothering,
- bugging,
- burning (up),
- chafing,
- eating,
- exasperating,
- frosting,
- galling,
- getting,
- grating,
- griping,
- hacking (off),
- irking,
- irritating,
- itching,
- narking
- [British],
- nettling,
- peeving,
- persecuting,
- piquing,
- putting out,
- rasping,
- riling,
- ruffling,
- spiting,
- vexing
Words Related to aggravating
- badgering,
- baiting,
- bullyragging
- (also ballyragging),
- deviling
- (or devilling),
- hagriding,
- harassing,
- harrying,
- pestering,
- plaguing,
- teasing
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2
to make more severe
- overheated rhetoric that only aggravated an already tense situation
Synonyms for aggravating
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The first known use of aggravating was in 1673
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