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aggravating 音标拼音: ['ægrəv ,etɪŋ] a. 使更恶化的,加重的,恼人的 使更恶化的,加重的,恼人的 aggravating adj 1: making worse [ synonym: { aggravating}, { exacerbating}, { exasperating}] 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] 2. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. " To aggravate my woes." -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] To aggravate the horrors of the scene. -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster] The defense made by the prisoner' s counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances. -- Paley. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine. -- Richardson ( Clarissa). [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate; provoke; irritate; exasperate. [ 1913 Webster]
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] 35 Moby Thesaurus words for " aggravating": aggravative, annoying, bothering, bothersome, contentious, disturbing, exasperating, exasperative, galling, harassing, importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provocative, provoking, teasing, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, worrisome, worrying
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