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▪ I. aggravating, vbl. n.|ˈægrəveɪtɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The process expressed by the verb aggravate. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1659Milton Civ. Power Wks. 1851, 332 To the multiplying and the aggravating of sin to them both. Mod. Relieving the pain instead of aggravating it.
▪ II. aggravating, ppl. a.|ˈægrəveɪtɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
†1. Bringing a charge against; accusatory. Obs.
1640–4in Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1692) IV. 250 The Articles of Impeachment..were carried up to the Lords, and a smart aggravating Speech made at the delivery of them.
2. Adding weight, effect, intensity. Usually in an evil sense, Making worse, or more heinous.
1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. I. 27 Dragged from their master's house, with very aggravating circumstances.
3. famil. Exasperating, irritating, provoking.
1775Ash, Aggravating, exaggerating, provoking. 1825Br. Jonathan III. 383 Say no more, that's enough, rather aggravatin' though, at first. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. xv. 381 You're an..aggravating, bad old creature! |