Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aggravation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aggravation
n 1: an exasperated feeling of annoyance [syn: {exasperation}]
2: unfriendly behavior that aggravates or irritates someone
[syn: {irritation}, {provocation}]
3: action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms)
worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from
lack of care" [syn: {exacerbation}]
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