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noun
1.
an increase in intensity, seriousness, or severity; act of making worse: an aggravation of pain.
2.
the state of being aggravated.
3.
something that causes an increase in intensity, degree, or severity.
4.
annoyance; exasperation: Johnny causes me so much aggravation!
5.
a source or cause of annoyance or exasperation: Johnny's such an aggravation to her!
Related forms
o·ver·ag·gra·va·tion, noun
pre·ag·gra·va·tion, noun
su·per·ag·gra·va·tion, noun
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
aggravation
late 15c., from O.Fr. aggravation, from L.L. aggravationem (nom. aggravatio), noun of action from L. aggravatus, pp. of aggravare "make heavier," from ad "to" + gravare "weigh down," from gravis "heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Oldest sense is "increasing in gravity or seriousness;"
EXPANDthat of "irritation" is from 1610s.
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