aggravation
The act of aggravating, or making worseThe 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.
» That would've saved a lot of aggravation.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Erschwerung, Verärgerung, Zuspitzung
(countable, uncountable)Exaggerated representation.
(countable, uncountable)An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A feeling of being provoked by irritation and annoyance; the feeling of being riled up or increasingly irritated.
an exasperated feeling of annoyance
Examples
3 sentencesThat would've saved a lot of aggravation.
That would have saved a lot of aggravation.
I have aggravation after eating.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle French aggravation.From Middle French aggravation.
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Forms
plural: aggravations| Singular | aggravation |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse:exacerbation
- unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment:irritationprovocation
- an exasperated feeling of annoyance:exasperation
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable