aggravating
aggravating is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 32 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Exasperating; provoking; irritating. [Colloq.] A thing at once ridiculous and aggravating. J. Ingelow.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- add
- aggravate
- aggravation
- and
- bad
- deteriorate
- embitter
- enrage
- envenom
- exacerbate
- exacerbation
- exaggeration
- exasperate
- exasperation
- excite
- fan
- fire
- flame
- from
- frying
- fuel
- heighten
- into
- much
- out
- pan
- provoke
- render
- sour
- tease
- the
- worse
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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