aggravatingly

In maddening fashion

In a manner that causes irritation or annoyance.

The word emphasizes ongoing or repeated frustration: The printer was aggravatingly slow.

Often used to modify adjectives: aggravatingly vague instructions, aggravatingly close to winning.

annoyance

irritatingly

In a vexing manner

exasperatingly · frustratingly · irksomely · annoyingly · gratingly · jarringly · tediously · tiresomely · troublesomely · provokingly

intensification

increasingly

To a greater extent

impossibly · endlessly · relentlessly · persistently · constantly · continually · progressively · increasingly · unremittingly · ceaselessly

worsening

detrimentally

In an injurious manner

problematically

Opposites
manner of causing irritation or annoyance

aggravatinglysoothingly

In a calming way

pleasingly · comfortingly · reassuringly · appeasingly · relaxingly

effect on patience or tolerance

aggravatinglytolerably

Adequately, without excellence

bearably · manageably · acceptably · endurably · patiently

Phrases
Family

aggravating, reaggravating

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G