aggravating

About 0.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of aggravate
2. adjective That makes something worse.

   aggravating circumstances

3. adjective Annoying.

Similar words

exacerbating exasperating intensifying adding aggravation annoying beefed-up complicating compounding contributing

Often followed by

the circumstances factors circumstance and factor to or his