aggravate
verb (used with object)
to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome.
has been aggravating
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present perfect progressiveof aggravate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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I don’t know who began it—but if you have been insulting the prisoner it is no less true that the prisoner has been aggravating you.
From Stepsons of Light by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
