aggravation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French aggravation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌæɡɹəˈveɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === aggravation (countable and uncountable, plural aggravations) The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences. Synonym: exacerbation Exaggerated representation. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity. (informal) A feeling of being provoked by irritation and annoyance; the feeling of being riled up or increasingly irritated. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== aggravate ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “aggravation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “aggravation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “aggravation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ɡʁa.va.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === aggravation f (plural aggravations) aggravation ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “aggravation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012