- aggravating
- adjective
Date: 1673
arousing displeasure, impatience, or anger <an aggravating habit> Usage: see aggravate
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Aggravating — Ag gra*va ting, a. 1. Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances. [1913 Webster] 2. Exasperating; provoking; irritating. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] A thing at once ridiculous and aggravating. J. Ingelow. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aggravating — index provocative, vexatious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
aggravating — ag|gra|vat|ing [ ægrə,veıtıŋ ] adjective 1. ) MAINLY SPOKEN annoying: It s really aggravating she says she ll call, and then she doesn t. 2. ) LEGAL making a crime worse: The judge considered several aggravating factors. ╾ ag|gra|vat|ing|ly… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
aggravating — UK [ˈæɡrəˌveɪtɪŋ] / US adjective 1) mainly spoken annoying It s really aggravating – she says she ll call, and then she doesn t. 2) legal making a crime worse The judge considered several aggravating factors … English dictionary
Aggravating — Aggravate Ag gra*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggravated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggravating}.] [L. aggravatus, p. p. of aggravare. See {Aggrieve}.] 1. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.] To aggravate thy store. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aggravating — aggravatingly, adv. /ag reuh vay ting/, adj. causing or full of aggravation: I ve had an aggravating day. [1630 40; AGGRAVATE + ING2] * * * … Universalium
aggravating — adj. Aggravating is used with these nouns: ↑factor … Collocations dictionary
aggravating — aggravate ► VERB 1) make worse. 2) informal annoy or exasperate. DERIVATIVES aggravating adjective aggravation noun. USAGE Aggravate in the sense ‘annoy or exasperate’ is in widespread use in modern English and dates back to the 17th century, but … English terms dictionary
aggravating circumstances — n. Circumstances that increase the severity of a crime or tort. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. aggravating circumstances Cir … Law dictionary
aggravating circumstance — n: a circumstance relating to the commission of an act that increases the degree of liability or culpability punitive damages are recoverable in a conversion case when the evidence shows legal malice, willfulness, insult, or other aggravating… … Law dictionary
