🔄 Synonyms of "Aggravating"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| exasperating | That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates |
| exacerbating | That exacerbates |
| intensifyingnoun | An intensification. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Aggravating"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| exacerbatingverb | That exacerbates |
| exasperating | That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates |
| intensifyingnoun | An intensification. |
| addingnoun | An act of addition. |
| aggravationnoun | The 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. |
| annoyingnoun | Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious. |
| beefed-up | made greater or stronger |
| complicatingverb | (transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult. |
| compoundingnoun | An accumulation of compound interest. |
| contributingverb | (ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole. |
| deepeningnoun | The act of becoming deeper. |
| deterioratedverb | (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. |
| deteriorating | Getting 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. |
| escalationnoun | The act of escalating. |
| exacerbateverb | (transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.). |
| fuellingverb | British standard spelling of fueling. |
| gallingnoun | Vexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness. |
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