AGGRAVATING

AG'GRAVATING, participle present tense Increasing in severity, enormity, or degree, as evils, misfortunes, pain, punishment, crimes, guilt, etc.; exaggerating.

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Ag″gra‐va′ting (�), a. 1. 1. Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances.
2. 2. Exasperating; provoking; irritating.
A thing at once ridiculous and aggravating. J. Ingelow.