Definition for Aggravating:

• Exasperating; provoking; irritating.

Synonyms for Aggravating:

• adj.

  •aggravating (adjective)
  • inflaming,
  • troublesome,
  • Rankling,
  • teasing,
  • grating,
  • Enraging,
  • tormenting,
  • Bedeviling,
  • Harassing,
  • pestering,
  • antagonizing.
  •all (adjective)
  • aggravating.
  •bothersome (adjective)
  • in convenient,
  • most vexing,
  • in-convenient,
  • most exasperating,
  • more vexing,
  • more aggravating,
  • more exasperating,
  • in-commodious,
  • most aggravating,
  • re-mote,
  • in commodious,
  • inconvenient,
  • most rebarbative,
  • rebarbative,
  • more rebarbative,
  • ex-asperating,
  • ex asperating.
  •disturbing (adjective)
  • most dismaying,
  • most discomposing,
  • dis composing,
  • most discomforting,
  • more dismaying,
  • dis-comforting,
  • more foreboding,
  • de pressing,
  • dis concerting,
  • more discommoding,
  • fore-boding,
  • more disconcerting,
  • most discommoding,
  • dis-concerting,
  • fore boding,
  • de-pressing,
  • more discomposing,
  • embarrassing,
  • more discomforting,
  • most agitating,
  • most impeding,
  • most disconcerting,
  • dis-composing,
  • dis-maying,
  • more agitating,
  • dis comforting,
  • most foreboding,
  • more impeding,
  • dis maying,
  • impeding.
  •galling (adjective)
  • unpalatable,
  • Plaguing.
  •painful (adjective)
  • unbearable,
  • severe,
  • horrendous,
  • torturing,
  • acute,
  • distressful,
  • aching,
  • grueling,
  • insufferable,
  • agonizing,
  • Torturing.,
  • odious,
  • offensive,
  • arduous,
  • grievous,
  • burdensome,
  • withering,
  • throbbing,
  • Besetting,
  • painful,
  • unpleasant,
  • cutting,
  • sore,
  • cruel,
  • piercing,
  • crushing,
  • woeful,
  • Cramping,
  • disagreeable,
  • smarting,
  • miserable,
  • harrowing,
  • hurtful,
  • Gnawing,
  • wrenching,
  • uncomfortable,
  • biting,
  • stabbing,
  • excruciating,
  • oppressive,
  • stinging,
  • anguishing,
  • bitter.
  •trying (adjective)
  • ex acting,
  • pro-vocative,
  • pro vocative,
  • ex-acting.
  •unsettling (adjective)
  • un settling,
  • un-settling.
  •upsetting (adjective)
  • up setting,
  • up-setting.
  •vexatious (adjective)
  • plaguy.

• adv.

  •underfoot (adverb)
  • under-foot.

• n.

  •
  • obscene,
  • pathetic.
  •
  • gangland,
  • first degree.
  •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:

  •
  • unsolved,
  • Extraditable,
  • nonviolent,
  • criminality,
  • premeditated,
  • indictable,
  • victimless,
  • heinous,
  • Smash and Grab,
  • chargeable,
  • aggravated.
  •
  • white-collar,
  • second-degree,
  • hit-and-run,
  • hanging,
  • serial.

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.

Aggravating Sentence Examples:

• You are such an aggravating little beggar.

• But there are circumstances in which such self - restraint is rather an aggravating than a softening process.

Homophones for Aggravating:

• Ajuga Reptans.