Thesaurus / aggravating
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synonyms for aggravating
- complicate
- magnify
- exaggerate
- worsen
- intensify
- exacerbate
- inflame
- enhance
- deepen
- heighten
- increase
- mount
- rouse
- rise
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antonyms for aggravating
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- relieve
- help
- make happy
- drop
- decline
- fall
- lower
- reduce
- improve
- alleviate
- soften
- mollify
- gladden
- appease
- slump
- soothe
- calm
- minimize
- play down
- weaken
- decrease
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The game can be aggressively aggravating, especially given the banality of its dialogue.
‘TWELVE MINUTES’: GRUELING REPETITION WITH AN INTERESTING PAYOFFCHRISTOPHER BYRDAUGUST 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTTenants and landlords alike described the process as glitchy, difficult and aggravating.
WITH EVICTIONS SET TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN WASHINGTON-AREA RENTAL AID REMAINS UNSPENTANU NARAYANSWAMY, JONATHAN O'CONNELL, MARISSA LANG, KYLE SWENSONJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTGovernor Berkeley at this time was aggravating the home situation of the Virginia colonists.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEYThe aggravating smile of condescending wisdom kept playing about his lips.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANA woman will endure martyrdom with the expression of a seraph,—an extremely aggravating seraph.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRDA more aggravating annoyance, however, brings loss to the owners of the herds.
TWO BOYS IN WYOMINGEDWARD S. ELLISThe aggravating thing is, that the expeditions may never reach their proper starting point.
MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE, VOL. 1, NO. 2, JULY, 1893VARIOUSThough doubtless they are very aggravating, and very jealous.
WOOD MAGICRICHARD JEFFERIESHence come in after years parallel columns, and aggravating charges of inconsistency.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 109, AUGUST 3, 1895VARIOUSIt would be impossible to conceive of a creature uglier or more aggravating looking than Polly, when she did that way.
THAT OLD-TIME CHILD, ROBERTASOPHIE FOX SEAWORDS RELATED TO AGGRAVATING
- aggravating
- agitating
- alarming
- annoying
- bothersome
- burdensome
- consequential
- creepy
- depressing
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discomforting
- discommoding
- disconcerting
- discouraging
- dismaying
- distressing
- embarrassing
- foreboding
- frightening
- gloomy
- harassing
- hard
- impeding
- inconvenient
- irksome
- irritating
- laborious
- ominous
- onerous
- painful
- perplexing
- perturbing
- pessimistic
- prophetic
- provoking
- severe
- sinister
- startling
- threatening
- tiresome
- toilsome
- troublesome
- troubling
- trying
- uncertain
- unpleasant
- unsettling
- upsetting
- vexing
- wearisome
- worrisome
- worrying
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.