aggravating

Meanings

• adjective

  making a situation more serious, annoying, or difficult

  - "His constant complaining is really aggravating."
  - "The traffic was bad, making the long journey even more aggravating."

• verb

  to make worse; provoke or irritate further

  - "His actions only served to aggravate the already tense situation."
  - "The noise from the construction site next door aggravated my headache."

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Antonyms

alleviate , mitigate

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Synonyms

exasperate , irritate , provoke , exacerbate , exaggerate , heighten , increase , intensify , magnify

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with aggravating
arrange , change , estranged , range , strange

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Variants

List of all variants of aggravating that leads to same result
aggravating , aggravate , aggravated , aggravates

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Forms

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aggravated, aggravatingly

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Etymology

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mid 15th century. From Old French aggraver, from aggravare to load heavily, from graver to load, heap up.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'aggravating' has been used in various legal contexts to describe actions that make a crime or offense more serious.

2. In the medical field, 'aggravated condition' refers to a worsening of a patient's health.

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Related Concepts

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1. annoyance: A feeling of irritation or frustration caused by someone or something.

2. frustration: A feeling of being blocked or prevented from achieving something.

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Culture

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Aggravating is often used in various literary works to describe situations or characters that are frustrating or annoying. In music, the term is used in the context of music theory to describe a dissonant interval or chord that creates tension and is then resolved.

How to Memorize "aggravating"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a situation where something is making you feel irritated or frustrated. Visualize how the situation is making the feeling worse.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the feeling of being irritated or frustrated.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the letters in the word, such as 'Aggressive Gravities Are Very Annoying'.

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