Hyper Dictionary

English Dictionary Computer Dictionary Thesaurus Dream Dictionary Medical Dictionary


Search Dictionary:  

Meaning of AGGRAVATION

Pronunciation:  `agru'veyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care"
  2. [n]  unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
  3. [n]  an exasperated feeling of annoyance
 
 Websites: 
 
 Synonyms: exacerbation, exasperation, irritation, provocation
 
 See Also: aggression, aggro, annoyance, chafe, intensification, last straw, taunt, taunting, twit, vexation

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ag`gra*va"tion\, n. [LL. aggravatio: cf. F.
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.
2. Exaggerated representation.
         By a little aggravation of the features changed it
         into the Saracen's head.              --Addison.
3. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the
   guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
4. Provocation; irritation. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
 
 Websites: 
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: accelerando, acceleration, adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, agitation, animation, annoyance, annoyingness, arousal, arousing, bad news, bedevilment, beefing-up, blight, blowing up, blowup, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, bummer, care, concentration, condensation, consolidation, crashing bore, cross, curse, deepening, devilment, difficulties, difficulty, disapprobation, disapproval, discontent, displeasure, dissatisfaction, dogging, downer, drag, electrification, enhancement, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, excitation, excitement, exhilaration, explosion, fomentation, galvanization, harassment, hard knocks, hard life, hard lot, hardcase, hardship, harrying, headache, heating-up, heightening, hounding, incitement, inflammation, information explosion, infuriation, intensification, irksomeness, irritation, lathering up, magnification, molestation, nuisance, persecution, perturbation, peskiness, pest, pestiferousness, pickup, plaguesomeness, plight, population explosion, pother, predicament, pressure, problem, provocation, provokingness, redoubling, reinforcement, resentfulness, resentment, rigor, sea of troubles, speedup, steaming up, step-up, stimulation, stimulus, stirring, stirring up, strengthening, stress, stress of life, tightening, tiresomeness, trial, tribulation, trouble, troubles, troublesomeness, vale of tears, vexation, vexatiousness, vicissitude, wearisomeness, whipping up, working up, worriment, worrisomeness, worry
 

 

 

 

COPYRIGHT © 2000-2003 WEBNOX CORP. HOME | ABOUT HYPERDICTIONARY