"aggravator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: aggravators [plural]
Etymology: aggravate + -or Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|aggravate|or}} aggravate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} aggravator (plural aggravators)
  1. One who or that which aggravates. Translations (one who or that which aggravates): agravador [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-aggravator-en-noun-0JWHJZ4m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'one who or that which aggravates': 97 3
  2. (UK, slang, obsolete) Synonym of Newgate knocker (“a lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear”) Tags: UK, obsolete, slang Synonyms: Newgate knocker [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-aggravator-en-noun-G0f7WH-9 Categories (other): British English, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 47 53

Inflected forms

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