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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: exacerbation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Exaggerated representation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A feeling of being provoked by irritation and annoyance; the feeling of being riled up or increasingly irritated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: exacerbation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intensification
noun
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: irritation, provocation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aggression
Narrower terms: aggro, last straw, twit, taunt, taunting
noun
an exasperated feeling of annoyance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: exasperation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: annoyance, chafe, vexation
History
From Middle French aggravation.
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
