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aggravator

aggravator noun: one who or that which aggravates.

Noun

aggravator (plural aggravators)

  1. One who or that which aggravates.
  2. (UK, obsolete, slang) Synonym of Newgate knocker (“a lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear”).
    • An aggravator, or love curl, of a delicate roundness, hung low upon the imperial forehead, […]1848, William Evans Burton, Waggeries and Vagaries, page 57
    Synonyms:
    Newgate knocker

Synonyms of aggravator

Forms of aggravator

pluralaggravators

Origin of aggravator

From aggravate + -or.

Questions about aggravator

What does aggravator mean?
Aggravator means one who or that which aggravates.
What part of speech is aggravator?
Aggravator is a noun.
What is the plural of aggravator?
The plural of aggravator is aggravators.

Words near aggravator in the dictionary

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

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