Definition for Aggravating:

• Exasperating; provoking; irritating.

Synonyms for Aggravating:

• adj.

  •aggravating (adjective)
  • inflaming,
  • troublesome,
  • Rankling,
  • teasing,
  • grating,
  • Enraging,
  • tormenting,
  • Bedeviling,
  • Harassing,
  • pestering,
  • antagonizing.
  •galling (adjective)
  • Plaguing.
  •irritating (adjective)
  • nettlesome.
  •painful (adjective)
  • grueling,
  • disagreeable,
  • anguishing,
  • oppressive,
  • miserable,
  • severe,
  • piercing,
  • stabbing,
  • crushing,
  • arduous,
  • hurtful,
  • wrenching,
  • insufferable,
  • biting,
  • throbbing,
  • odious,
  • acute,
  • offensive,
  • harrowing,
  • aching,
  • cutting,
  • agonizing,
  • cruel,
  • torturing,
  • burdensome,
  • grievous,
  • stinging,
  • smarting,
  • unpleasant,
  • uncomfortable,
  • unbearable,
  • horrendous,
  • Cramping,
  • painful,
  • Besetting,
  • bitter,
  • Gnawing,
  • distressful,
  • woeful,
  • sore,
  • withering,
  • excruciating.

• n.

  •
  • obscene,
  • pathetic.
  •
  • gangland.
  •aggravating (noun)
  • intensifying.

• v.

  •aggravating (verb)
  • hassling,
  • Envenoming,
  • Discomposing,
  • Arousing,
  • Bothering,
  • troubling,
  • irking,
  • peeving,
  • nagging,
  • needling,
  • baiting,
  • Harrying,
  • badgering.
  •chafing (verb)
  • Abrading,
  • grinding,
  • scraping,
  • wearing,
  • scrubbing,
  • Fretting,
  • rubbing,
  • rasping,
  • Resisting,
  • chafing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • nonviolent,
  • heinous,
  • chargeable,
  • premeditated,
  • Extraditable,
  • indictable,
  • criminality,
  • aggravated.
  •
  • white-collar,
  • hit-and-run,
  • hanging.
  •Other relevant words:
  • unaccommodating,
  • discouragement,
  • pain,
  • move,
  • declension,
  • accelerating,
  • distressing,
  • debasement,
  • degrade,
  • rile,
  • enrage,
  • degradation,
  • deteriorate,
  • debase,
  • deterioration,
  • transform,
  • invidious,
  • degeneracy,
  • delay,
  • castrate,
  • aggravation,
  • Aggravative,
  • disappointment,
  • depravity,
  • disquieting,
  • irritatingly,
  • alter,
  • Exaggerating,
  • Enhancing,
  • tedious,
  • deprave,
  • corrosion,
  • plaguy,
  • annoy,
  • agitating,
  • mortifying,
  • exasperate,
  • pesky,
  • provoke,
  • Importune,
  • pestilential,
  • depreciation,
  • heightening,
  • gratingly,
  • adjust,
  • exacerbation,
  • Riling,
  • abrasive,
  • aggravates,
  • degeneration,
  • awkward,
  • raising,
  • exasperatingly,
  • Depravation,
  • pestiferous,
  • aggravate,
  • Carking,
  • worsening,
  • uninteresting,
  • compounding,
  • stir up,
  • hostile,
  • exasperation,
  • boring,
  • deepening,
  • exacerbate,
  • rousing,
  • wearisome,
  • aggravatingly,
  • setback,
  • worrisome,
  • irritate,
  • decay,
  • incensing,
  • turn,
  • devolution,
  • Magnifying,
  • increasing,
  • frustrating,
  • annoyingly,
  • embittering,
  • infuriatingly,
  • provocative,
  • Vexatiously,
  • rebarbative,
  • adapt,
  • give up,
  • Angering,
  • worse,
  • maddeningly,
  • unrelieved,
  • spoil,
  • complicate,
  • corruption,
  • pesty,
  • amend,
  • provokingly,
  • afflictive,
  • importunate,
  • contentious,
  • Nettling,
  • first-degree,
  • failure,
  • worsen,
  • plaguey,
  • pestilent,
  • affect,
  • convert,
  • frustratingly,
  • decline,
  • plaguesome,
  • worrying,
  • vary,
  • displeasing.

Paraphrases for Aggravating:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    deteriorating, escalating, Heightened, increased, increasing, tight, Deteriorated, growing, serious, tough, intense, contributing, toughened, strict, grave, escalated, stringent.
  • Verb, past tense
    deepened, increased.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    accelerating, Degenerating, Furthering, strengthening, heightening, enlarged, Enlarging, intensifying, deepening, festering, Enhancing, Sharpening, Obstructing, broadening, expanding, Boosting, Arousing, Extending, Adding, flaring, resulting, redoubling, Stepping, fueling, fuelling, rising, raising, imposing, spiralling, declining, Fanning, putting, compounding, escalating, increasing, growing, contributing.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    severe, intensive.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    aggravation.
  • Verb, past tense
    exacerbate, exacerbated.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    exacerbating, reinforcing, deteriorating.

Antonyms for Aggravating:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    pleasing, moderating, delightful.

Homophones for Aggravating:

• Ajuga Reptans.