aggravation
English
Part or all of this entry 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for aggravation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Etymology
From Middle French aggravation
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
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.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 10
- Adrian, whose health had always been weak, now suffered considerable aggravation of suffering from the effects of his wound.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 10
- Exaggerated representation.
- An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
act of aggravating
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exaggerated representation
Further reading
- aggravation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- aggravation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
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Further reading
- “aggravation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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