aggravation

Roget category 835

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.1. Passive affections

#835. Aggravation

noun

aggravation, worsening, heightening — exacerbation — exasperation — overestimation etc. 482 — exaggeration etc. 549.

verb

aggravate, render worse, heighten, embitter, sour — exacerbate — exasperate, envenom — enrage, provoke, tease.
add fuel to the fire, add fuel to the flame — fan the flame etc. (excite) 824 — go from bad to worse etc. (deteriorate) 659.

adjective

aggravated etc. v. — worse, unrelieved — aggravable^† — aggravating etc. v..

adverb

out of the frying pan into the fire, from bad to worse, worse and worse.

interjection

so much the worse!,

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