aggravator
/ˈa-grə-ˌvā-tər/ (ame, mw)
aggravator — noun
1. a person who repeatedly does things that irritate or annoy other people, often m
a person who repeatedly does things that irritate or annoy other people, often making a difficult situation even worse than it already was
Javier gained a reputation as the office aggravator, always bringing up upsetting topics in meetings.
reputation as + [article] + aggravator + setting
Wei's younger brother was such an aggravator at dinners that relatives avoided sitting near him.
The upstairs tenant is a relentless aggravator who plays loud music until dawn despite complaints.
Fatima ignored the aggravator on the bus who kept making rude remarks about other passengers.
Neighbors called the landlord an aggravator who refused to fix broken pipes and blamed the tenants.
- annoyance
more general; can describe both people and things (a noisy fan is an annoyance, not an aggravator)
- irritant
often has a physical or medical connotation; can also apply to a person but is less personal
- nuisance
slightly more formal; implies behaviour that interferes with others' rights or comfort
- pest
informal; suggests persistent but minor irritation, like an annoying child or insect
- peacemaker
someone who calms conflicts rather than making them worse
文法句型
the [adjective] aggravator
[determiner] aggravator + prepositional phrase
用法筆記
Frequently paired with an adjective or noun modifier that specifies the context of the irritating behaviour ('the office aggravator', 'a relentless aggravator'). Less common in formal writing than the verb 'aggravate'.