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aggravation

noun

1 aggravation

An exasperated feeling of annoyance.

synonym: exasperation.

Roget 35: increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation etc. (expansion) 194; increment, accretion; accession etc. 37; development, ... show more

Roget 549: exaggeration; expansion etc. 194; hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring; high coloring, caricature, caricatura; extravagance etc. (nonsense) ... show more

Roget 835: aggravation, worsening, heightening; exacerbation; exasperation; overestimation etc. 482; exaggeration etc. 549.   

2 aggravation

Unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment.

synonyms: irritation, provocation.

Polish: pogorszenie

3 aggravation

Action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse:
— The aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care.

synonym: exacerbation.

Dutch: verergering
Polish: zaostrzanie


Moby thesaurus: accelerando, acceleration, adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, agitation, animation, annoyance, annoyingness, arousal, arousing, bad news, bedevilment, beefing-up, blight, blowing up, blowup, bore, bother, botheration ... show more.

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