aggravating
81aggravate — (v.) 1520s, make heavy, burden down, from pp. adjective aggravate burdened; threatened (late 15c.), from L. aggravatus, pp. of aggravare to render more troublesome, lit. to make heavy (see AGGRAVATION (Cf. aggravation)). Earlier in this sense was …
82aggravate — verb (T) 1 to make a bad situation worse: Their debt problem was aggravated by a rise in interest rates. 2 informal to make someone angry or annoyed: Stop aggravating the cat! aggravating adjective aggravatingly adverb aggravation noun (C, U) …
83aggravate — /ˈægrəveɪt / (say agruhvayt) verb (t) (aggravated, aggravating) 1. to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: *To aggravate the situation, the Asian immigrants were becoming numerous in many suburbs… …
84aggravatingly — adverb in an aggravating fashion (Freq. 1) his hair was caught aggravatingly in the branches of the tree • Derived from adjective: ↑aggravating …
85simple larceny — noun : larceny that is not accompanied by special aggravating circumstances * * * simple larceny Larceny uncombined with aggravating circumstances, as opposed to compound larceny • • • Main Entry: ↑larceny …
86Aggravate — Ag gra*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggravated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggravating}.] [L. aggravatus, p. p. of aggravare. See {Aggrieve}.] 1. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.] To aggravate thy store. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …
87Aggravated — Aggravate Ag gra*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggravated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggravating}.] [L. aggravatus, p. p. of aggravare. See {Aggrieve}.] 1. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.] To aggravate thy store. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
88Aggravatingly — Ag gra*va ting*ly, adv. In an aggravating manner. [1913 Webster] …
89Aggravation — Ag gra*va tion, n. [LL. aggravatio: cf. F. aggravation.] 1. The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its… …
90augmentative enhancive — intensifying intensifying adj. increasing in strength or intensity. [Narrower terms: {aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating ; {augmentative, enhancive}; {deepening(prenominal), heightening(prenominal) ] {moderating} [WordNet 1.5] …
