AGGRIEVING Synonyms
2 hypernyms for aggrieving. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for AGGRIEVING
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| aggravating | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • making worse | ||||||
| annoying | adjective adj | |||||
noun • the act of troubling or annoying someone adjective satellite • causing irritation or annoyance | ||||||
| distressing | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing distress or worry or anxiety • bad; unfortunate | ||||||
| exasperating | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely annoying or displeasing • making worse | ||||||
| harrowing | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely painful | ||||||
| infuriating | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely annoying or displeasing | ||||||
| irritating | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing irritation or annoyance • (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite • causing physical discomfort | ||||||
| maddening | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely annoying or displeasing | ||||||
| pestering | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing irritation or annoyance | ||||||
| pestilent | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • exceedingly harmful • likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease | ||||||
| provoking | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing or tending to cause anger or resentment | ||||||
| teasing | verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj | |||||
noun • the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances • playful vexation • the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb adjective satellite • playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) • arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it • causing irritation or annoyance | ||||||
| troubling | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing distress or worry or anxiety | ||||||
| vexatious | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing irritation or annoyance | ||||||
| vexing | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely annoying or displeasing • causing irritation or annoyance | ||||||
| bothering | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
noun • an angry disturbance • something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness verb • take the trouble to do something; concern oneself • cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations • to cause inconvenience or discomfort to • intrude or enter uninvited • make nervous or agitated • make confused or perplexed or puzzled | ||||||
| bugging | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
noun • general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate • a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine • a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly • insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use verb • annoy persistently • tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | ||||||
| harassing | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
verb • annoy continually or chronically • exhaust by attacking repeatedly | ||||||
| peeving | verb v | |||||
noun • an annoyed or irritated mood verb • cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful | ||||||
| tormenting | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture | ||||||