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English
Etymology
From Middle French aggravation.
Pronunciation
Noun
aggravation (countable and uncountable, plural aggravations)
- 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.
- Synonym: exacerbation
1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter X, in The Last Man. , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC:Adrian, whose health had always been weak, now suffered considerable aggravation of suffering from the effects of his wound.
- Exaggerated representation.
- An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
- (informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.
1968, Mac Davis, Billy Strange (lyrics and music), “A Little Less Conversation”, performed by Elvis Presley:A little less conversation, a little more action please / All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me
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Translations
exaggerated representation
extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity
Further reading
- “aggravation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “aggravation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “aggravation”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
aggravation f (plural aggravations)
- aggravation
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