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单词 aggravating
释义

aggravating

adjective

ag·​gra·​vat·​ing ˈa-grə-ˌvā-tiŋ How to pronounce aggravating (audio)
: arousing displeasure, impatience, or anger
an aggravating habit

Synonyms

  • abrasive
  • annoying
  • bothersome
  • carking
  • chafing
  • disturbing
  • exasperating
  • frustrating
  • galling
  • irksome
  • irritating
  • maddening
  • nettlesome
  • nettling
  • peeving
  • pesky
  • pestiferous
  • pestilent
  • pestilential
  • pesty
  • plaguey
  • plaguy
  • rankling
  • rebarbative
  • riling
  • vexatious
  • vexing
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Example Sentences

there's nothing so aggravating as a blaring car alarm that no one is paying any attention to
Recent Examples on the Web That was a real difficult loss, that was an aggravating loss. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022 In determining discipline, both aggravating and mitigating factors may be considered. cleveland, 16 June 2022 In terms of delays, Newark was also one of the top two most aggravating airports to fly out of, delivering people to their destination late nearly 30 percent of the time. New York Times, 1 July 2022 This six-part, true-crime series is equal parts fascinating and aggravating. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 June 2022 For the health care providers in the ICU at Cedars-Sinai, there was nothing more aggravating than those who claimed the virus was not serious. Byalex Stone, ABC News, 13 May 2022 There was the four-game winning streak in January, starting with an upset in Las Vegas that followed an aggravating collapse on the road against the lowly Arizona Coyotes. Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2022 Thompson’s neurotic is alternately sympathetic and aggravating. Amy Nicholson, Variety, 22 Jan. 2022 Each was extremely aggravating, and the last completely spoiled a father-son NFL experience. Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

from present participle of aggravate

First Known Use

1673, in the meaning defined above

aggravating 1 of 2

adjective

as in annoying
causing annoyance there's nothing so aggravating as a blaring car alarm that no one is paying any attention to

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • annoying
  • frustrating
  • irritating
  • disturbing
  • exasperating
  • maddening
  • irksome
  • vexing
  • bothersome
  • painful
  • vexatious
  • nettling
  • nettlesome
  • pesky
  • abrasive
  • chafing
  • plaguey
  • riling
  • pestiferous
  • galling
  • pestilential
  • pesty
  • rebarbative
  • infuriating
  • rankling
  • carking
  • distractive
  • peeving
  • troubling
  • plaguy
  • troublesome
  • enraging
  • stressful
  • pestilent
  • upsetting
  • discomforting
  • inconveniencing
  • distressing
  • angering
  • burdensome
  • displeasing
  • disquieting
  • biting
  • mischievous
  • importunate
  • tiresome
  • offensive
  • trying
  • worrisome
  • importune
  • bratty
  • jarring
  • grating
  • thorny
  • jangling
  • brattish
  • spiny

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • delightful
  • pleasing

aggravating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of aggravate
1
as in irritating
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 & Similar Words

  • annoying
  • irritating
  • bothering
  • bugging
  • persecuting
  • exasperating
  • infuriating
  • getting
  • vexing
  • irking
  • eating
  • grating
  • worrying
  • itching
  • angering
  • nettling
  • griping
  • galling
  • chafing
  • plaguing
  • riling
  • teasing
  • insulting
  • provoking
  • ruffling
  • peeving
  • frosting
  • narking
  • rasping
  • upsetting
  • spiting
  • piquing
  • enraging
  • getting to
  • nagging
  • harassing
  • wearing on
  • putting out
  • unsettling
  • offending
  • maddening
  • distressing
  • hassling
  • rubbing the wrong way
  • getting on one's nerves
  • badgering
  • burning (up)
  • sticking in one's craw
  • discomforting
  • heckling
  • antagonizing
  • inflaming
  • hacking (off)
  • getting one's goat
  • setting one's teeth on edge
  • pestering
  • perturbing
  • rousing
  • agitating
  • disquieting
  • harrying
  • outraging
  • baiting
  • incensing
  • undoing
  • affronting
  • unhinging
  • enflaming
  • rankling
  • roiling
  • exercising
  • fretting
  • bullyragging
  • devilling
  • ballyragging
  • discomposing
  • deviling
  • miffing
  • hagriding
  • freaking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • gratifying
  • pacifying
  • satisfying
  • obliging
  • appeasing
  • placating
  • conciliating
  • pleasing
  • mollifying
  • comforting
  • reassuring
  • delighting
  • soothing
  • propitiating
  • consoling
  • assuring
  • quieting
  • cheering
  • contenting
  • gladdening
  • solacing
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2
as in worsening
to make more severe overheated rhetoric that only aggravated an already tense situation

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • worsening
  • complicating
  • deepening
  • exacerbating
  • intensifying
  • amplifying
  • magnifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • mitigating
  • relieving
  • alleviating
  • helping
  • improving
  • allaying
  • easing
  • ameliorating
  • assuaging
  • bettering
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