Aggravation

English

Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

Singular Aggravation

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Aggravation ({{{1}}})

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.
2. Exaggerated representation.
3. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

Synonyms

• provocation, irritation.

Related terms

• aggravate

Translations

act of aggravating

Bulgarian: влошаване bg(bg), утежняване bg(bg) Finnish: ärsyttäminen, suututtaminen

Spanish: agravio es(es) m.

exaggerated representation

extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity

Finnish: raskauttava asianhaara

External links

• Aggravation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Aggravation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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