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aggravating

adjective as in annoying

adjective as in irksome

adjective as in maddening

adverb as in underfoot

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“What’s aggravating, never received a notification until 48 hours before the deadline.”

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The Met Police passed the letter to the House of Lords' commissioner for standards who recommended an eight-week suspension, citing the aggravating factor that the intervention was for personal benefit.

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Few likely blinked when a federal judge cited coercion and abuse as aggravating factors in Sean “Diddy” Combs’s sentencing to 50 months in prison.

The bad news is you have reverted to whatever method of conflict resolution you learned growing up, but the good news is these problems, while aggravating and infuriating, are not uncommon.

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In May 2023, he and three other foster parents were found guilty of “intentional violence with aggravating circumstances.”

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