aggravation

Plural: aggravations

Noun

• an exasperated feeling of annoyance
• unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
• action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
  • "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care"
• 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.
• Exaggerated representation.
• An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
• Provocation, irritation, annoyance.

Synonyms

exacerbation, exasperation, irritation, provocation

Related Words

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