What does aggravating mean?

aggravating means "making worse".

How many syllables are in aggravating?

aggravating has 4 syllables: ag-gra-va-ting. The stress falls on "ag". In IPA it is /ˈæɡɹəˌveɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for aggravating?

Close synonyms include exacerbating, exasperating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aggravating a common word?

aggravating is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with aggravating?

3 words rhyme with aggravating. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

aggravating — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
making worse
Synonymsexacerbating exasperating
Similarintensifying

Questions about aggravating

What does aggravating mean?: aggravating means "making worse".
How many syllables are in aggravating?: aggravating has 4 syllables: ag-gra-va-ting. The stress falls on "ag". In IPA it is /ˈæɡɹəˌveɪtɪŋ/.
What is another word for aggravating?: Close synonyms include exacerbating, exasperating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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