Associations to the word «Aggravation»

Wiktionary

AGGRAVATION, noun. 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.
AGGRAVATION, noun. Exaggerated representation.
AGGRAVATION, noun. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

Dictionary definition

AGGRAVATION, noun. An exasperated feeling of annoyance.
AGGRAVATION, noun. Unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment.
AGGRAVATION, noun. Action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope