"aggravating" meaning in English

See aggravating in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more aggravating [comparative], most aggravating [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} aggravating (comparative more aggravating, superlative most aggravating)
  1. That makes something worse.
    Sense id: en-aggravating-en-adj-JPV2AtLv Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  2. (informal) Annoying. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-aggravating-en-adj-bESOS1-D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 55 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 78 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 87 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aggravating factor, aggravatingly, unaggravating

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} aggravating
  1. present participle and gerund of aggravate Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: aggravate
    Sense id: en-aggravating-en-verb-RIjZyUlG
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