aggravation
noun/ˌæɡɹəˈveɪʃən/
Etymology From Middle French aggravation.
1
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.
- Adrian, whose health had always been weak, now suffered considerable aggravation of suffering from the effects of his wound.1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter X, in The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
2
Exaggerated representation.
3
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
4
Informal A feeling of being provoked by irritation and annoyance; the feeling of being riled up or increasingly irritated.
- A little less conversation, a little more action please / All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me1968, Mac Davis, Billy Strange, “A Little Less Conversation”, performed by Elvis Presley:
- Derived terms
- overaggravation, reaggravation
- Related terms
- aggravate