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aggravating

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of aggravating

causing annoyance

There's nothing so aggravating as a blaring car alarm that no one is paying any attention to.

Synonyms of aggravating

abrasive, annoying, bothersome, chafing, disturbing, exasperating, frustrating, galling, irksome, irritating, maddening, nettlesome, nettling, peeving, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, pesty, rankling, riling, vexatious, vexing

Words Related to aggravating

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 of aggravating

delightful, pleasing

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