aggravation

Noun

aggravation (countable and uncountable, plural aggravations)

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.
   • Adrian, whose health had always been weak, now suffered considerable aggravation of suffering from the effects of his wound.1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter X, in The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   exacerbation

2. Exaggerated representation.
3. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
4. (informal) A feeling of being provoked by irritation and annoyance; the feeling of being riled up or increasingly irritated.
   • A little less conversation, a little more action please / All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me1968, Mac Davis, Billy Strange, “A Little Less Conversation”, performed by Elvis Presley