AGGRAVATE, AGGRAVATED, AGGRAVATING, AGGRAVATION
ADJECTIVES
1897 — WARM UNDER THE COLLAR aggravated → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1985 — AGGRO aggravated, irritated, annoyed → orig. Aust.
1990 — AG aggravated, angry, annoyed, irritated → US students’ sl.
NOUNS
1892 — SWIVET an aggravated or distraught state → Amer. dial.
1944 — BONE an aggravation; an irritation; an annoyance → US sl.
1957 — AGOMENT aggravation, annoyance, frustration → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1944 — MOTHBALL an aggravating or obnoxious person; an irritating person → US sl.
VERBS
1548 — ADD OIL TO THE FURNACE to aggravate or heighten fury, passion, etc.
1560 — POUR OIL ON THE FIRE to aggravate or heighten fury, passion, etc.
1603 — HARSELL to aggravate, to exacerbate → obs.
1615 — IMPROVE to aggravate, to make worse; to increase or augment what is evil → obs.
1647 — ADD OIL TO THE FLAMES to aggravate or heighten fury, passion, etc.
1748 — ADD INSULT TO INJURY to aggravate an already difficult situation
..20C — RATTLE BEADS to express aggravation → US homosexual sl.
1905 — URGE to aggravate, to annoy, to provoke, to irritate → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1919 — AGGRAFRET to aggravate or fret → Amer. dial.
1923 — AGGERPERVOKE to aggravate, to irritate, to provoke, to annoy → Amer. dial.
1933 — AGGERVEX to aggravate, to vex, to provoke → Amer. dial.
1959 — GET ON SOMEONE’S BACK to aggravate, to annoy, to nag, to criticize someone → Aust. sl.
2000 — UP to aggravate or arouse someone → UK sl.