aggravationn.

Brit.

/ˌaɡrəˈveɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌæɡrəˈveɪʃən/

Forms:

α. late Middle English–1500s agrauacion, 1500s aggrauacion, 1500s aggrauacyon, 1500s–1600s aggrauation, 1500s– aggravation, 1600s agrauation, 1600s agravation, 1800s– aggrawation (nonstandard).

β. 1600s aggrivation, 1600s agrevation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin aggravation-, aggravatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin aggravation-, aggravatio oppression, distress (4th cent.), fact of imposing a burden (5th cent.), increase of penalty or sentence (from 13th cent. in British sources), (specifically in canon law) repeated excommunication of an offender (13th cent. in continental sources), act of threatening an offender for the second time with excommunication (from 14th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin aggravāt- , past participial stem of aggravāre aggravate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French aggravacion , agravacion , Middle French, French aggravation moral burden (14th cent.), physical discomfort (a1365), act of threatening an offender for the second time with excommunication (1419), deterioration of a medical condition (1838), Spanish agravación (a1529, earliest in sense 2), Italian aggravazione (second half of the 14th cent.; now rare); also German Aggravation (1520, earliest in ecclesiastical sense). In later senses influenced semantically by aggravate v.With sense 2 compare slightly earlier reaggravation n. 1. The term is no longer in official use in canon law. With sense 6b compare later aggro n. In β. forms apparently influenced by aggrieve v.

†1. The fact of imposing a burden; oppression. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun]

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defoulc1330

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1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. x. sig. k. 8 Nature may not suffre..the sodeyn agrauacions ne griefs, of whiche by theyr folyes they trauaylle nature.

2. Roman Catholic Church. The first formal warning given to a person before excommunication; (occasionally) the process of giving such a warning. Also: a reiteration or confirmation of an excommunication if the culprit persists in his or her offence. Cf. reaggravation n. 1. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > excommunication > [noun]

mansingOE

amansingOE

cursing?c1120

malloka1400

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innodation1731

1531 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 71 John Striueling has proved his rights, and ought therefore to be absolved from the sentences of excommunication, aggravation [etc.].

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aggravation..a curse, excommunication, or execration denounced against an obstinate offender.

1649 E. Bradshaw Husbandmans Harrow 86 The Excommunications, after Aggravations, were extended.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In the Romish Canon Law, Aggravation is particularly used for an Ecclesiastical Censure, threatening an Excommunication after three Admonitions used in vain.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) From Aggravation, they proceed to Re-aggravation; which is the last Excommunication.

1771 R. Roberts tr. C. F. X. Millot Elements Hist. France 264 If we are beaten, we shall be excommunicated with aggravations and reaggravations.

1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) I. ii. iv. 583 The Church was invited..to hurl its interdicts, excommunications, ‘aggravations’ and ‘re-aggravations’.

1967 H. Kaminsky Hist. Hussite Revol. ii. 85 Meanwhile, on 4 September, the pope's ‘aggravation’ of Hus's excommunication—that is, its full implementation—arrived in Prague.

1987 M. Ingram Church Courts, Sex & Marriage i. i. 53 The solemnity of greater excommunication could be further increased by a sentence of ‘aggravation’ if the culprit incurred the penalty afresh or remained obstinate for forty days.

a. The fact or process of making graver or more heinous; increase in gravity or seriousness; (also) an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > aggravation of offences

aggrievance1502

aggravation1543

1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. iii. f. xc By aggrauation of tentes, or other thynges put in to the wounde.

1613 T. Adams White Deuil 4 Thus the aggregation of circumstances, is the aggrauation of offences.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 473 Though in way of Aggravation of their crime, it be said, that they also worshipped the Creature more than the Creator.

1746 Proc. Sessions of Peace London & Middlesex i. 281/1 There will be no occasion for us, who are concerned in behalf of the Prosecution, to say any thing by way of Aggravation of the Crime for which the Prisoner has been indicted.

1801 Marquess Wellesley Let. 22 Jan. in Select. Despatches (1877) 203 None of these evils have been diminished... Their daily increase and aggravation are notorious.

1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 11 The consequent aggravation of hard, senseless, suspicious despotism.

1908 Jrnl. Mental Sci. Apr. 412 By the subministration of progressive doses of this acid he was able to produce an aggravation of the epileptic phenomena.

1934 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 38/3 The survey is expected to explain the comparative immunity of hay-fever sufferers at the seashore; the paradoxical immunity season of July and early August; and the frequent aggravation of symptoms after sundown.

1991 S. Gibson & R. Gibson Homoeopathy for Everyone (new ed.) xi. 179 He was given a higher potency of arsenicum, but this produced a bad aggravation of both the asthma and the eczema.

b. A circumstance that increases the gravity or seriousness of a situation, esp. of an offence or of something unpleasant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun] > extrinsic circumstance increasing misery

aggravation1593

the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > exacerbation of suffering > [noun] > that which causes

aggravation1593

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > aggravation of offences > that which

aggravation1593

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 106 A thousand such popular motiues, allectiues, incensiues, aggrauations of the least corruption.

1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 190 To be taken in the very act, was no part of her sin..yet her deprehension is made an aggravation of her shame.

1651 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (ed. 2) iv. x. 212 Consider of the several aggravations of the mercy of the Spirit enabling thee thereto.

1707 M. West Treat. conc. Marriage 36 An Aggravation of his great Unhappiness.

1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 127 It is no relief, but an aggravation to a person in slavery, to reflect that he was sold by his parent.

1825 Missionary Herald (Boston) Sept. 295/2 Punishments are proportionate to the aggravation of the offence.

1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 128 Confinement is the chief aggravation of all those impurities.

1906 E. P. Evans Criminal Prosecution & Capital Punishment of Animals ii. 157 The pig killed the child and ate of its flesh, ‘although it was Friday’, and this violation of the jejunium sextae, prescribed by the Church, was urged by the prosecuting attorney and accepted by the court as a serious aggravation of the porker's offence.

1949 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Laura's Bishop 138 Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it. Indeed, it is an aggravation of the offence.

†4. The action of charging as an offence; accusation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun]

acoupementc1300

accusinga1350

impeachment1387

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tax1613

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touchinga1625

aggravation1626

accrimination1655

compellation1656

imputea1657

inculpation1798

finger-pointing1851

j'accuse1899

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun]

wrayingc1000

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accusationa1382

information1387

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supposal1429

accuse?a1439

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ditingc1440

indictingc1440

detection1471

cusing1488

indictament1523

arraigning1533

denouncement1544

arraignment1549

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delation1578

denunciation1588

prosecution1590

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arraign1638

delating1820

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beef1928

1626 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 360 His overbitterness in the Aggravation upon the whole Charge.

1647 T. May Hist. Parl. i. ix. 112 Severall Members were appointed to present those particular charges..which they all did, making large speeches in aggravation of their crimes.

1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 212 I only answer your aggravation of uncomfortableness of their Doctrine.

†5. The fact or process of elaborating something (in a negative sense); exaggeration. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun]

flattering?c1225

supersault1503

exaggeration1565

exsuperation1623

transcendence1625

aggravation1628

superlationa1637

overreach1653

superjection1654

fulsomeness1684

claptrap1819

overcolouring1843

mirch masala1980

mirch1985

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 2173 But, I from aggravations will forbeare.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. xxxiii Rhetorical aggravations above the naked and strict Truth.

1743 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (ed. 3) II. xvii. 73 It might be thought, Buchanan, who hated the queen, has used aggravation, if what happened afterwards did not too evidently confirm what he said.

a. The action of exasperating or irritating. Also: an exasperating or irritating act or circumstance; annoyance, difficulty. Now chiefly colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > action of irritating

tarring1382

taryinga1400

provocationc1485

provokement1645

irritation1703

aggravation1792

chafing1845

needling1941

1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. iv. v. 103 Some affect to ridicule it [sc. the combat of the duel], as carrying to a greater length small differences, than the aggravation may justify.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. iv. 95 And to have Miss Crawford's liveliness repeated to her at such a moment, and on such a subject, was a bitter aggravation .

1875 L. Troubridge Jrnl. in Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 138 Amy and I are both hot-tempered, and I believe I have a talent for aggravation at times.

1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad App. d 614 A..sorely tried American student..used to fly to a certain German word for relief when he could bear up under his aggravations no longer... This was the word Damit.

1921 Boys' Life July 4/3 It was aggravation of the worst kind to know that the enemy had to be fed and treated with some show of politeness.

1977 J. Rosenthal Bar Mitzvah Boy & Other Television Plays (1987) 156 And keep your trap shut to your mam. She has enough aggravation.

2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Jan. (Central ed.) r5/2 As virtually every cellular user can attest, dead zones and dropped calls are still major aggravations.

b. colloquial. Aggressive behaviour, harassment; (also) trouble or disturbance caused by this. Cf. aggro n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > harassment

baiting1303

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persecutiona1382

pursuita1387

aggrievancea1400

vexing?a1425

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vexationa1525

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pesterment1593

commacerating1599

molestance1642

harass1667

harassing1689

harassment1753

aggrievement1778

badgering1785

pesteration1802

bedevilment1844

worrying1848

tail-twisting1887

bloodhounding1891

aggravation1902

static1923

crap1935

hassle1969

monstering1979

1902 Irish Monthly 30 681 ‘And these girls you are telling me of are quiet girls?’ ‘Fine girls, every inch of them.’ ‘Don't give any aggravation?’ ‘Aggravation! The girls give aggravation!’

1939 L. Golding Mr. Emmanuel i. 11 If I should have a son, I should not give him such aggravation.

1969 B. Rubens Elected Member xiii. 148 Throughout our childhood, it seems the only thing we gave our mothers was aggravation. And not just aggravation, but such aggravation. I used to think aggravation was a yiddish word.

1970 C. Kersh Aggravations of Minnie Ashe xiv. 196 With my aggravations you'd also use language.

1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard 287 Aggravation, harassment imposed either by the police or criminals on each other.

1978 Times 21 Jan. 2/3 Members of the public are quite able to make their own claims assisted and guided by department officials without having these people coming in and causing aggravation.

1984 Police Rev. 16 Mar. 531/1 Aggravation emerged into the criminal vocabulary during the Fifties gang wars between Jack Spot and Billy Hill. Meaning to annoy, harass or provoke, it is a misuse of the conventional sense of the word, which, shortened to ‘aggro’, has travelled far beyond the boundaries of underworld conversation.

1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues viii. 257 When you stop somebody for going through a red traffic light, he will argue the toss with you until the sun goes down... You get so much aggravation you can't talk to some of these people.

2000 J. J. Connolly Layer Cake (2004) 163 We've never punted skanted gear before, Mort, it's aggravation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aggravation
释义	aggravationn. Brit. /ˌaɡrəˈveɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌæɡrəˈveɪʃən/ Forms: α. late Middle English–1500s agrauacion, 1500s aggrauacion, 1500s aggrauacyon, 1500s–1600s aggrauation, 1500s– aggravation, 1600s agrauation, 1600s agravation, 1800s– aggrawation (nonstandard). β. 1600s aggrivation, 1600s agrevation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin aggravation-, aggravatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin aggravation-, aggravatio oppression, distress (4th cent.), fact of imposing a burden (5th cent.), increase of penalty or sentence (from 13th cent. in British sources), (specifically in canon law) repeated excommunication of an offender (13th cent. in continental sources), act of threatening an offender for the second time with excommunication (from 14th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin aggravāt- , past participial stem of aggravāre aggravate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French aggravacion , agravacion , Middle French, French aggravation moral burden (14th cent.), physical discomfort (a1365), act of threatening an offender for the second time with excommunication (1419), deterioration of a medical condition (1838), Spanish agravación (a1529, earliest in sense 2), Italian aggravazione (second half of the 14th cent.; now rare); also German Aggravation (1520, earliest in ecclesiastical sense). In later senses influenced semantically by aggravate v.With sense 2 compare slightly earlier reaggravation n. 1. The term is no longer in official use in canon law. With sense 6b compare later aggro n. In β. forms apparently influenced by aggrieve v. †1. The fact of imposing a burden; oppression. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun] threat971 duressc1320 defoulc1330 tyrantry1340 tyrannyc1368 oppressinga1382 overleadinga1382 tyrandisea1382 overlayingc1384 oppression1387 oversettinga1398 thronga1400 overpressingc1450 impressionc1470 tyrantshipc1470 tyrannesse?a1475 aggravation1481 defouling1483 supprissiona1500 oppressmentc1537 conculcation1547 iron hand?1570 thrall1578 tyrannizing1589 tyranting1596 ingrating1599 pressure1616 regrate1621 overpressure1644 slavishness1684 iron heel1798 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. x. sig. k. 8 Nature may not suffre..the sodeyn agrauacions ne griefs, of whiche by theyr folyes they trauaylle nature. 2. Roman Catholic Church. The first formal warning given to a person before excommunication; (occasionally) the process of giving such a warning. Also: a reiteration or confirmation of an excommunication if the culprit persists in his or her offence. Cf. reaggravation n. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > excommunication > [noun] mansingOE amansingOE cursing?c1120 malloka1400 malediction1447 sequestrationa1450 comminationa1464 excommengement1495 excommuny1502 fulmination1502 excommunicationa1513 aggravation1531 anathematization1547 anathemization1549 anathema1565 anathemea1575 anathematical1583 anathematizing1593 sequestering1620 excommunion1641 dischurching1644 excision1647 excommunicating1648 unchurching1655 consecration1700 innodation1731 1531 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 71 John Striueling has proved his rights, and ought therefore to be absolved from the sentences of excommunication, aggravation [etc.]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aggravation..a curse, excommunication, or execration denounced against an obstinate offender. 1649 E. Bradshaw Husbandmans Harrow 86 The Excommunications, after Aggravations, were extended. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In the Romish Canon Law, Aggravation is particularly used for an Ecclesiastical Censure, threatening an Excommunication after three Admonitions used in vain. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) From Aggravation, they proceed to Re-aggravation; which is the last Excommunication. 1771 R. Roberts tr. C. F. X. Millot Elements Hist. France 264 If we are beaten, we shall be excommunicated with aggravations and reaggravations. 1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) I. ii. iv. 583 The Church was invited..to hurl its interdicts, excommunications, ‘aggravations’ and ‘re-aggravations’. 1967 H. Kaminsky Hist. Hussite Revol. ii. 85 Meanwhile, on 4 September, the pope's ‘aggravation’ of Hus's excommunication—that is, its full implementation—arrived in Prague. 1987 M. Ingram Church Courts, Sex & Marriage i. i. 53 The solemnity of greater excommunication could be further increased by a sentence of ‘aggravation’ if the culprit incurred the penalty afresh or remained obstinate for forty days. 3. a. The fact or process of making graver or more heinous; increase in gravity or seriousness; (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > aggravation of offences aggrievance1502 aggravation1543 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. iii. f. xc By aggrauation of tentes, or other thynges put in to the wounde. 1613 T. Adams White Deuil 4 Thus the aggregation of circumstances, is the aggrauation of offences. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 473 Though in way of Aggravation of their crime, it be said, that they also worshipped the Creature more than the Creator. 1746 Proc. Sessions of Peace London & Middlesex i. 281/1 There will be no occasion for us, who are concerned in behalf of the Prosecution, to say any thing by way of Aggravation of the Crime for which the Prisoner has been indicted. 1801 Marquess Wellesley Let. 22 Jan. in Select. Despatches (1877) 203 None of these evils have been diminished... Their daily increase and aggravation are notorious. 1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 11 The consequent aggravation of hard, senseless, suspicious despotism. 1908 Jrnl. Mental Sci. Apr. 412 By the subministration of progressive doses of this acid he was able to produce an aggravation of the epileptic phenomena. 1934 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 38/3 The survey is expected to explain the comparative immunity of hay-fever sufferers at the seashore; the paradoxical immunity season of July and early August; and the frequent aggravation of symptoms after sundown. 1991 S. Gibson & R. Gibson Homoeopathy for Everyone (new ed.) xi. 179 He was given a higher potency of arsenicum, but this produced a bad aggravation of both the asthma and the eczema. b. A circumstance that increases the gravity or seriousness of a situation, esp. of an offence or of something unpleasant. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun] > extrinsic circumstance increasing misery aggravation1593 the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > exacerbation of suffering > [noun] > that which causes aggravation1593 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > aggravation of offences > that which aggravation1593 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 106 A thousand such popular motiues, allectiues, incensiues, aggrauations of the least corruption. 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 190 To be taken in the very act, was no part of her sin..yet her deprehension is made an aggravation of her shame. 1651 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (ed. 2) iv. x. 212 Consider of the several aggravations of the mercy of the Spirit enabling thee thereto. 1707 M. West Treat. conc. Marriage 36 An Aggravation of his great Unhappiness. 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 127 It is no relief, but an aggravation to a person in slavery, to reflect that he was sold by his parent. 1825 Missionary Herald (Boston) Sept. 295/2 Punishments are proportionate to the aggravation of the offence. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 128 Confinement is the chief aggravation of all those impurities. 1906 E. P. Evans Criminal Prosecution & Capital Punishment of Animals ii. 157 The pig killed the child and ate of its flesh, ‘although it was Friday’, and this violation of the jejunium sextae, prescribed by the Church, was urged by the prosecuting attorney and accepted by the court as a serious aggravation of the porker's offence. 1949 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Laura's Bishop 138 Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it. Indeed, it is an aggravation of the offence. †4. The action of charging as an offence; accusation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] acoupementc1300 accusinga1350 impeachment1387 accusementa1393 accusation?c1400 witingc1449 charge1477 impetition1530 threap1538 imputationa1586 deposition1587 impeach1591 insimulation1592 accusal1594 arraignment1595 taxation1605 arguing1611 tax1613 impositiona1616 tainture1621 incusation1623 touchinga1625 aggravation1626 accrimination1655 compellation1656 imputea1657 inculpation1798 finger-pointing1851 j'accuse1899 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] wrayingc1000 indictment1303 accusationa1382 information1387 appeaching1401 allegeancea1430 supposal1429 accuse?a1439 appealing1440 ditingc1440 indictingc1440 detection1471 cusing1488 indictament1523 arraigning1533 denouncement1544 arraignment1549 raignment1570 delation1578 denunciation1588 prosecution1590 accusement1596 inditure1614 aggravation1626 arraign1638 delating1820 billing1884 beef1928 1626 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 360 His overbitterness in the Aggravation upon the whole Charge. 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. i. ix. 112 Severall Members were appointed to present those particular charges..which they all did, making large speeches in aggravation of their crimes. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 212 I only answer your aggravation of uncomfortableness of their Doctrine. †5. The fact or process of elaborating something (in a negative sense); exaggeration. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] flattering?c1225 supersault1503 exaggeration1565 exsuperation1623 transcendence1625 aggravation1628 superlationa1637 overreach1653 superjection1654 fulsomeness1684 claptrap1819 overcolouring1843 mirch masala1980 mirch1985 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 2173 But, I from aggravations will forbeare. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. xxxiii Rhetorical aggravations above the naked and strict Truth. 1743 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (ed. 3) II. xvii. 73 It might be thought, Buchanan, who hated the queen, has used aggravation, if what happened afterwards did not too evidently confirm what he said. 6. a. The action of exasperating or irritating. Also: an exasperating or irritating act or circumstance; annoyance, difficulty. Now chiefly colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > action of irritating tarring1382 taryinga1400 provocationc1485 provokement1645 irritation1703 aggravation1792 chafing1845 needling1941 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. iv. v. 103 Some affect to ridicule it [sc. the combat of the duel], as carrying to a greater length small differences, than the aggravation may justify. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. iv. 95 And to have Miss Crawford's liveliness repeated to her at such a moment, and on such a subject, was a bitter aggravation . View more context for this quotation 1875 L. Troubridge Jrnl. in Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 138 Amy and I are both hot-tempered, and I believe I have a talent for aggravation at times. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad App. d 614 A..sorely tried American student..used to fly to a certain German word for relief when he could bear up under his aggravations no longer... This was the word Damit. 1921 Boys' Life July 4/3 It was aggravation of the worst kind to know that the enemy had to be fed and treated with some show of politeness. 1977 J. Rosenthal Bar Mitzvah Boy & Other Television Plays (1987) 156 And keep your trap shut to your mam. She has enough aggravation. 2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Jan. (Central ed.) r5/2 As virtually every cellular user can attest, dead zones and dropped calls are still major aggravations. b. colloquial. Aggressive behaviour, harassment; (also) trouble or disturbance caused by this. Cf. aggro n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > harassment baiting1303 cumbrance1377 persecutiona1382 pursuita1387 aggrievancea1400 vexing?a1425 molestation1435 stroublance1439 inquietation1461 distrouble1483 infestance1490 encumberment1509 molesting1523 vexationa1525 inquieting1527 inquietance1531 molestie1532 infestationc1540 moiling1565 plaguing1566 pesterment1593 commacerating1599 molestance1642 harass1667 harassing1689 harassment1753 aggrievement1778 badgering1785 pesteration1802 bedevilment1844 worrying1848 tail-twisting1887 bloodhounding1891 aggravation1902 static1923 crap1935 hassle1969 monstering1979 1902 Irish Monthly 30 681 ‘And these girls you are telling me of are quiet girls?’ ‘Fine girls, every inch of them.’ ‘Don't give any aggravation?’ ‘Aggravation! The girls give aggravation!’ 1939 L. Golding Mr. Emmanuel i. 11 If I should have a son, I should not give him such aggravation. 1969 B. Rubens Elected Member xiii. 148 Throughout our childhood, it seems the only thing we gave our mothers was aggravation. And not just aggravation, but such aggravation. I used to think aggravation was a yiddish word. 1970 C. Kersh Aggravations of Minnie Ashe xiv. 196 With my aggravations you'd also use language. 1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard 287 Aggravation, harassment imposed either by the police or criminals on each other. 1978 Times 21 Jan. 2/3 Members of the public are quite able to make their own claims assisted and guided by department officials without having these people coming in and causing aggravation. 1984 Police Rev. 16 Mar. 531/1 Aggravation emerged into the criminal vocabulary during the Fifties gang wars between Jack Spot and Billy Hill. Meaning to annoy, harass or provoke, it is a misuse of the conventional sense of the word, which, shortened to ‘aggro’, has travelled far beyond the boundaries of underworld conversation. 1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues viii. 257 When you stop somebody for going through a red traffic light, he will argue the toss with you until the sun goes down... You get so much aggravation you can't talk to some of these people. 2000 J. J. Connolly Layer Cake (2004) 163 We've never punted skanted gear before, Mort, it's aggravation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1481
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