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aggravate

(Annoy), verb acerbate, aggrieve, annoy, bother, cause pain, chafe, dismay, disturb, enrage, envenom, exasperate, excite, give pain, hurt, incense, inflame, infuriate, injure, irk, irritate, madden, miff, nettle, offend, pain, pique, provoke, rankle, ruffle, sour, sting, trouble, vex
Associated concepts: aggravating circumstances

aggravate

(Exacerbate), verb add to, add weight to, amplify, augment, complicate, deepen, deteriorate, further, heighten, impair, increase, intensify, magnify, make more offensive, make more serious, make more severe, make worse, render less excusable, render less tolerable, render worse, worsen
Associated concepts: aggravated assault, aggravating cirrumstances

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They emphatically are not explained by Otto von Bismarck's reputed theory that "God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America"--a dictum Mead finds so aggravatingly erroneous that he borrows his title from it and invokes it on at least three additional occasions.

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As aggravatingly boring as the film is, the least one might expect is a canvas of exceptional beauty to distract the eyes.