Search Result for "aggravation":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. an exasperated feeling of annoyance;
[syn: aggravation, exasperation]
2. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment;
[syn: aggravation, irritation, provocation]
3. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse;
- Example: "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care"
[syn: aggravation, exacerbation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aggravation \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. [1913 Webster] 2. Exaggerated representation. [1913 Webster] By a little aggravation of the features changed it into the Saracen's head. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity. [1913 Webster] 4. Provocation; irritation. [Colloq.] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
122 Moby Thesaurus words for "aggravation": 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
