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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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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.
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 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 make a bad situation worse: Attempts to restrict parking in the city center 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. add. admin. backslide. be downhill idiom.
Aggravate definition: to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome. See examples of AGGRAVATE used in a sentence.
