noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who or that which aggravates.
2. 2
   an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating wordnet
3. 3
   Synonym of Newgate knocker (“a lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear”). UK, obsolete, slang

   "An aggravator, or love curl, of a delicate roundness, hung low upon the imperial forehead, […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms

annoyancekiss curlnewgate knocker

Example

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"An aggravator, or love curl, of a delicate roundness, hung low upon the imperial forehead, […]"

Etymology

From aggravate + -or.

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