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- Dictionaryaggravating/ˈaɡrəveɪtɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. making a problem or offence worse or more serious: "aggravating circumstances that warrant further discipline"
- 2. causing annoyance or exasperation: informal "she found him thoroughly aggravating and unprofessional"
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aggravating adjective (MAKING WORSE) law formal or specialized. making something worse, such as a crime: Aggravating factors can affect the sentence set by the court. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Worse and worst. aggravation.
The meaning of AGGRAVATING is arousing displeasure, impatience, or anger. How to use aggravating in a sentence. Common Uses of Aggravate, Aggravation, and Aggravating: Usage Guide
to make a bad situation worse: Attempts to restrict parking in the city centre have further aggravated the problem of traffic congestion. to make a disease worse: The treatment only aggravated the condition. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Deteriorating and making worse.
The meaning of AGGRAVATE is to make (something) worse, more serious, or more severe : to intensify (something) unpleasantly. How to use aggravate in a sentence. Common Uses of Aggravate, Aggravation, and Aggravating: Usage Guide
Aggravating definition: causing or full of aggravation. See examples of AGGRAVATING used in a sentence.
to annoy someone: Stop aggravating me, will you! Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of aggravate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) aggravate | Intermediate English. verb [ T ]
1. To make worse or more troublesome: aggravate political tensions; aggravate a medical condition. 2. To annoy or exasperate: The child's whining aggravated me. See Synonyms at annoy. [Latin aggravāre, aggravāt- : ad-, ad- + gravāre, to burden (from gravis, heavy; see g w erə- in Indo-European roots ).] ag′gra·vat′ing·ly adv. ag′gra·va′tive adj.
