| NOUN | feeling | aggravation, exasperation | an exasperated feeling of annoyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | aggravation, irritation, provocation | unfriendly behavior that causes anger / anger or resentment | |
| act | aggravation, exacerbation | action / action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms / symptoms) worse |
| Sounds | ae.grahvey'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | An exasperated feeling of annoyance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | exasperation | |
| Broader | annoyance, chafe, vexation | anger produced by some annoying irritation |
| Spanish | exacerbación, exasperación | |
| Catalan | exacerbació, exasperació | |
| Verbs | aggravate | exasperate or irritate |
| Meaning | unfriendly behavior that causes anger / anger or resentment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | irritation, provocation | |
| Narrower | aggro | (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression |
| last straw | The final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit | |
| twit, taunt, taunting | aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing | |
| Broader | aggression | deliberately unfriendly behavior |
| Spanish | agravamiento, irritación, provocación | |
| Catalan | agreujament, irritació, provocació | |
| Verbs | aggravate | exasperate or irritate |
| Meaning | action / action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms / symptoms) worse. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care" | |
| Synonym | exacerbation | |
| Broader | intensification | action / action that makes something stronger or more extreme / extreme |
| Spanish | agravamiento, exacerbación | |
| Catalan | agreujament, exacerbació | |
| Verbs | aggravate | make worse |
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