Aggravating
['æɡrə,veɪtɪŋ] or ['ægrə,vetɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aggravate
(a.) Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances.
(a.) Exasperating; provoking; irritating.
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Examples
- Don't talk to me, you aggravating thing, don't! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The situation seemed desperate, and was more aggravating because nothing could be done until Sherman should get up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was very aggravating; but, throughout the interview, Joe persisted in addressing Me instead of Miss Havisham. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He was in his usual room, his usual chair, and his usual aggravating state of mind and body. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Her tone and manner angered Amy, who began to put her boots on, saying, in her most aggravating way, I shall go. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Ma, pray don't sit staring at me in that intensely aggravating manner! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You're a scolding, unjust, abusive, aggravating, bad old creature! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Did ye ever see such aggravating young uns? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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