Aggravative

Aggravative
Aggravative Ag"gra*va*tive, a. Tending to aggravate. -- n. That which aggravates. [1913 Webster]

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  • contentious — Synonyms and related words: aggravating, aggravative, aggressive, annoying, antagonistic, argumental, argumentative, battling, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody minded, cat and dog, cat and doggish, chauvinist, chauvinistic,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • exasperating — Synonyms and related words: aggravating, aggravative, annoying, bothering, bothersome, contentious, disturbing, exasperative, galling, harassing, importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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