ag·gra·va·tion

(ăg′rə-vā′shən)

1. The act of aggravating or the state of being aggravated.

2. A source of continuing, increasing irritation or trouble.

3. Exasperation.

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ag•gra•va•tion

(ˌæg rəˈveɪ ʃən)

n.

1. an increase in intensity, seriousness, or severity; act of making worse.

2. the state of being aggravated.

3. something that causes an increase in intensity, degree, or severity.

4. annoyance; exasperation.

5. a source or cause of annoyance or exasperation.

[1475–85; < Medieval Latin]

usage: See aggravate.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	aggravation - an exasperated feeling of annoyance exasperation vexation, annoyance, chafe - anger produced by some annoying irritation
	2.	aggravation - unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment provocation, irritation aggro - (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression; "I skipped it because it was too much aggro" aggression - deliberately unfriendly behavior last straw - the final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit taunt, taunting, twit - aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
	3.	aggravation - action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care" exacerbation intensification - action that makes something stronger or more extreme

aggravation

noun

1. (Informal) annoyance, grief (informal), teasing, irritation, hassle (informal), provocation, gall, exasperation, vexation, irksomeness I just couldn't take the aggravation.

2. worsening, heightening, inflaming, exaggeration, intensification, magnification, exacerbation Any aggravations of the injury would keep him out of the match.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

aggravation

noun

1. Something that annoys:

annoyance, besetment, bother, irritant, irritation, nuisance, peeve, plague, torment, vexation.

2. The feeling of being annoyed:

annoyance, bother, botheration, exasperation, irritation, vexation.

Translations

تَفَاقُم، زِيَادَة سُوء أو خُطُورَة

hněvrozčílenízhoršení

ærgrelseirritation

Verschlimmerung

exaspération

elmérgesedéselmérgesítéssúlyosbítássúlyosbodás

áreiting, íòynging

aggravamento seccatura

irritasjon

darıltmakızdırmaşiddetlendirme

加重

aggravation

[ˌægrəˈveɪʃən] N

1. (= exacerbation) [of problem, situation, illness] → agravación f, empeoramiento m

2. (= annoyance) → irritación f

3. (Jur) → circunstancia f agravante
robbery with aggravation → robo m agravado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

aggravation

[ˌægrəˈveɪʃ^ən] n (= annoyance) → contrariété f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

aggravation

(= worsening) → Verschlimmerung f

(= annoyance) → Ärger m; she was a constant aggravation to him → sie reizte ihn ständig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

aggravation

[ægrəˈveɪʃ/ən] n (of situation) → aggravamento, peggioramento; (annoyance) → esasperazione f, irritazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

aggravate

(ˈӕgrəveit) verb

1. to make worse. His bad temper aggravated the situation.

2. to make (someone) angry or impatient. She was aggravated by the constant questions.

ˌaggraˈvation noun

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Meanwhile, councils went on in the kitchen at home, fraught with almost insupportable aggravation to my exasperated spirit.

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I remember, when I was once interceding with the emperor for a criminal who had wronged his master of a great sum of money, which he had received by order and ran away with; and happening to tell his majesty, by way of extenuation, that it was only a breach of trust, the emperor thought it monstrous in me to offer as a defence the greatest aggravation of the crime; and truly I had little to say in return, farther than the common answer, that different nations had different customs; for, I confess, I was heartily ashamed.

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Now it seems nothing; yet it is an heavy aggravation. My father is not overpowered.

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The old folk of our grandfathers' young days sang a song bearing exactly the same burden; and the young folk of to-day will drone out precisely similar nonsense for the aggravation of the next generation.

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We had played at Gibraltar with balls the size of a walnut, on a table like a public square--and in both instances we achieved far more aggravation than amusement.

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While she was in full enjoyment of this last aggravation of the horrors of the prospect, Emily tried another change of position--and, this time, with success.

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