One who or that which aggravates. / (UK, slang, obsolete) Synonym of Newgate knocker (“a lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear”)

plural of aggravator

simple past tense and past participle of aggravate

Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry. / (criminology) Of or characterized by factors that increase the heinousness or offensiveness of the criminal offense.

To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness. / (by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.

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 guilt or injurious consequences.

Tending to aggravate.

That which aggravates.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggravate

present participle of aggravate