Aggravate and Irritate

"I was so aggravated by the neighbor's loud music." A lot of people believe that "aggravate" means only to make worse and that, if you're talking about being annoyed, you must use "irritate." That's not true, but if you want to play it safe you can stick to those meanings.

Tags: ,

This entry was posted on Monday, June 9th, 2025 at 11:59 am and is filed under this week's podcast. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.