aggravating
adjectiveHow many syllables in aggravating?
There are 4 syllables in the word aggravating.How to pronounce aggravating:
Definition of aggravating:
- aggravating (adjective):
- making worse.
- annoying or bitterly humiliating
- arousing displeasure, impatience, or anger
Synonyms for aggravating:
abrasive
annoying
bothersome
disturbing
exacerbating
exasperating
frustrating
galling
irksome
irritating
maddening
nettlesome
painful
pesky
pestiferous
pestilential
provoking
teasing
vexatious
vexing
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- cartographer
- sociable
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- Zechariah
- protectively
- eligible
- diminutive
- escapable
- syllogism
- parochial
- familial
- compatible
- alleviate
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- endurable
- distractedly
- colonial
- uncertainty
- residential
- proclamation
- mobility
- dialysis
- participate
- capillary
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- readminister
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