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aggravations

aggravations is the plural of aggravation.

Meaning of 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

Questions about aggravations

What is aggravations the plural of?
Aggravations is the plural of aggravation.

Words near aggravations in the dictionary

  1. aggravating circumstance
  2. aggravating circumstances
  3. aggravating factor
  4. aggravatingly
  5. aggravation
  6. aggravations
  7. aggravative
  8. aggravatives
  9. aggravator
  10. aggravators
  11. aggrecan

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