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aggravative

aggravative adjective: tending to aggravate.

Adjective

aggravative (comparative more aggravative, superlative most aggravative)

  1. Tending to aggravate.

Noun

aggravative (plural aggravatives)

  1. That which aggravates.

Forms of aggravative

Adjective
comparativemore aggravative
superlativemost aggravative
Noun
pluralaggravatives

Origin of aggravative

From aggravate + -ive.

Questions about aggravative

What does aggravative mean?
Aggravative means tending to aggravate.
What part of speech is aggravative?
Aggravative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near aggravative in the dictionary

  1. aggravating circumstances
  2. aggravating factor
  3. aggravatingly
  4. aggravation
  5. aggravations
  6. aggravative
  7. aggravatives
  8. aggravator
  9. aggravators
  10. aggrecan
  11. aggrecanase

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