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aggravating

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1. aggravating - Adjective

3. aggravating - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Aggravate

Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances.

Exasperating; provoking; irritating.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another. Joseph Addison

Beware of Methodologies. They are a great way to bring everyone up to a dismal, but passable, level of performance, but at the same time, they are aggravating to more talented people who chafe at the restrictions that are placed on them. Joel Spolsky

The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I no longer belong to it. Albert Einstein

There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick. Kin Hubbard

I always found the appeal to the market gods a bit odd. Why would the market fix mistakes instead of aggravating them? Dan Ariely

See, I dont know nothing about singing. I never wanted to be a frontman. Frontmen had big egos and was always crazy and aggravating. I just never thought that was a good idea. Dr. John

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