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Aggravating

To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.

📖 Definitions of "Aggravating"

verb
  1. 1

    To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.

  2. 2

    (by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.

  3. 3

    To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.

    "He aggravated the story."

  4. 4

    To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.

🔄 Synonyms of "Aggravating"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
exasperatingThat exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates
exacerbatingThat exacerbates
intensifyingnounAn intensification.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Aggravating"

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WordDefinition
exacerbatingverbThat exacerbates
exasperatingThat exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates
intensifyingnounAn intensification.
addingnounAn act of addition.
aggravationnounThe act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
annoyingnounCausing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.
beefed-upmade greater or stronger
complicatingverb(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
compoundingnounAn accumulation of compound interest.
contributingverb(ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
deepeningnounThe act of becoming deeper.
deterioratedverb(intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
deterioratingGetting worse.
escalateverb(ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
escalatedverb(ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
escalatingverb(ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
escalationnounThe act of escalating.
exacerbateverb(transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
fuellingverbBritish standard spelling of fueling.
gallingnounVexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness.

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