aggravation
nounEtymology
From Middle French aggravation.
- derived from aggravation
Definitions
The act of aggravating, or making worse
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.
Exaggerated representation.
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery…
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
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A feeling of being provoked by irritation and annoyance
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 me
The neighborhood
- neighboraggravate
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at aggravation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at aggravation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at aggravation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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