All 15 Uses
aggravate
in
Lonesome Dove
(Edited)
- Augustus said nothing, and Dish soon concluded that he was to get the loan, even if the aggravation of Mr. Pierce's company wasn't involved.
Chpt 3-4aggravation = annoyance or irritation
- "That's aggravating," Call said.
Chpt 7-8aggravating = annoying or irritating
- Gus and his pig were aggravating company.
Chpt 13-14
- They are aggravating devils.
Chpt 19-20
- Call watched the proceedings silently, unable to decide who he was more aggravated at, Gus or Jake.
Chpt 21-22 *aggravated = annoyed or irritated
- But the most aggravating aspect to it was that Gus always sounded cheerful, as if there was no trouble in the world that could catch him.
Chpt 21-22aggravating = annoying or irritating
- Gus always managed to aggravate whatever situation he was in with a woman.
Chpt 34-35 *aggravate = make worse
- Jake had done many irritating things in his rangering days, but nothing as aggravating as bringing a whore along on a cattle drive.
Chpt 34-35aggravating = annoying or irritating
- "Well, this is aggravating," Jake said.
Chpt 48-49
- She might have aggravated him some, but she wouldn't have led him to this.
Chpt 74-74aggravated = annoyed or irritated
- "Was he aggravating you, or what?" she asked.
Chpt 75-76aggravating = annoying or irritating
- He could never get it out in time to shoot an Indian, if one appeared, and it was causing him terrible aggravation.
Chpt 93-94aggravation = annoyance or irritation
- Or I might want to kick a pig if one aggravates me.
Chpt 95-96aggravates = annoys or irritates
- Of course, if she had been there helping, there would have been trouble, but that didn't lessen the aggravation of what Gus had done.
Chpt 99-100aggravation = annoyance or irritation
- However aggravating it was, Gus had meant it, and he would do it, though when he went back with the body he planned to see if he could at least buy her out.
Chpt 99-100aggravating = annoying or irritating
Definitions:
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(1)
(aggravate as in: she aggravates me) annoy or irritate
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(2)
(aggravate as in: aggravated his illness) make worse
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)