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aggravating

[ag-ruh-vey-ting] / ˈæg rəˌveɪ tɪŋ /


















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He withdrew from the Arnold Palmer Invitational after aggravating his back in a pre-round gym session.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

And while the Eagles rode the maneuver to a Super Bowl, the rest of the league found it so aggravating and unsightly that certain teams pushed unsuccessfully last year to ban it from the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

It’s all fittingly itchy for literature’s most aggravating couple and a story that chafes against the convention that love wins — or even that love is good.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

What’s most aggravating is that we’ve stood for this for so long.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026

But their antics seemed to be aggravating Draco Malfoy, who looked increasingly sour each time he saw them at it.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling