Definition of aggravation in English:

aggravation

noun ˌaɡrəˈveɪʃnˌæɡrəˈveɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The state of becoming worse or more serious; exacerbation.
the patient experienced an aggravation of symptoms
Example sentencesExamples
- The outcome will be economic aggravation, dashing the desperate hope for an economic recovery.
- The present-day military-political situation is marked by an extremely complex and conflicting character with outbreaks of new and aggravation of old seats of tension in some regions.
- In this article I shall try to present you my opinion about the recent aggravation of earthquakes across the globe.
- The acupuncture was still giving a good improvement for his neck but the herbs caused an aggravation.
- I gave the salve to one person with colitis and told him that it may cause a temporary aggravation.
- These verses, which sounded as if they had been sung expressly for the dirge of my departed happiness, were only an aggravation of my feelings.
- He pitched in an extended spring training game last week with no further aggravation.
- In general, most aggravations were short lived, averaging four days, and all had resolved by day 16.
- However, he came through the game without any major aggravation of the injury and the clash will stand to him for the semi-final.
- Hopefully that will lessen the aggravation to the knee.
- I accept that he did suffer from some aggravation of his existing mental health problems.
- As a result, consumer prices grow, accompanied by a drastic aggravation of service quality.
- These types of communities could avoid the detrimental impacts of urban sprawl, including aggravation of the region's air quality problems.
- The latest figures show a certain aggravation on the inflation front, according to the report.
- They also observed an occasional initial aggravation in symptoms with homoeopathy.
- Liver function tests exhibited a moderate aggravation just before death.
- The trial was postponed to today for argument in mitigation and aggravation of sentence.
- In addition, 4 individuals had histories consistent with environmental aggravation of preexisting respiratory disease.
- The Spaniards themselves, however, looked upon the sending of the Maine as a further aggravation of the long series of their just grievances against the United States.
- The aggravation of the problem is directly related to the violence unleashed on the natural enemies of pests.
Synonyms
worsen, make worse, exacerbate, inflame, compound
intensify, increase, heighten, magnify, add to, amplify, augment
add fuel to the fire/flames, add insult to injury, rub salt in the wound
worsening, exacerbation, compounding
intensification, increase, heightening, magnification, amplification, augmentation
2informal Annoyance or exasperation.
the whole business has caused me a lot of aggravation
I don't need this aggravation
Example sentencesExamples
- And the fire alarm before the last round of the day was also amusing, but just added to much of our aggravation.
- Just think of how much pain and aggravation a simple cold sore causes you.
- It's not like there's even a paycheck or bonus or anything in the end to make it worth my aggravation.
- You'll save a lot of time and aggravation if you have detailed building plans.
- Over the next four years, excitement would give way to aggravation.
- The boilerplate license agreements have been an additional source of aggravation.
- Otherwise the aggravation is just not worth it to me.
- But the victims moved into hastily built shelters nearby and caused him aggravation for at least four years.
- Perhaps I need to find a private moment of zen each day, a way to let the aggravation fly away from here.
- Other than low pay, expensive parking is a common juror aggravation, he said.
- The sooner we end it, the less aggravation there will be.
- I honestly felt a little stupidity now may save a whole lot of aggravation later.
- For their sakes I shall have to suffer the aggravations of travelling alone.
- I make a very nice living doing what I love to do, and I don't need the aggravation of his brand of cracked pot.
- I need the cash, but I don't need the aggravation.
- But the demands have increased hugely and in general there's a lot more aggravation and a lot less fun than there used to be.
- Long lines, overcrowded, delayed and canceled flights all add to the aggravation.
- The question arises, therefore, of whether the cause of this needless aggravation is itself needless.
- My second aggravation was an email virus hoax, kindly sent to me by a friend, in all good faith.
- But on top of the injury comes the aggravation and distress of legal battles over and above the medical battles.
Synonyms
nuisance, annoyance, irritant, irritation, hassle, pest, grievance, problem, trouble, difficulty, snag, inconvenience, bother, trial, thorn in one's flesh, thorn in one's side, bane of one's life
1. 2.1 Aggressive behaviour; harassment.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Approximately how many were carjackings, or incidents that involved threats, aggravation or violence?
  Section 61J of the Crimes Act, which is the offence with which they were all charged, has a number of circumstances of aggravation.
  Let's get together and have a competition with all the best pilots without the aggravation found at the Worlds.
  I didn't have the nerve to confront them, fearing further aggravation.
  Thus while the words had a race element within them, this did not fall strictly within the statutory definition of racial aggravation.
  The other circumstance of aggravation is that in the course of that particular incident he detained the woman.
  That being so, it is plain that the offence of which the applicant was convicted was not a matter of aggravation.
  Last Friday, he pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery with aggravation.
  "I did not advocate segregation, and I did not advocate aggravation," he writes.
  In fact, it's an intermediary between two sectors notorious for aggravation: Spanish builders and British estate agents.
  In my judgment, grave though the libel is, and grave though the aggravation has been, the answer to that question is decisively no.
  They also said if management give any aggravation about this they would give them seven days notice that they would join the strike.
  Later, when his tension level is not at its peak, he can deal with his aggravation realistically.
  When I first started clubbing I used to dread the brawls and aggravation.
  They left and didn't cause any aggravation, he added.

Definition of aggravation in US English:

aggravation

nounˌaɡrəˈvāSH(ə)nˌæɡrəˈveɪʃ(ə)n

1An intensification of a negative quality or aspect.
Negotiators were optimistic despite the aggravation of the standoff caused by the press release
Example sentencesExamples
- In addition, 4 individuals had histories consistent with environmental aggravation of preexisting respiratory disease.
- The aggravation of the problem is directly related to the violence unleashed on the natural enemies of pests.
- Liver function tests exhibited a moderate aggravation just before death.
- The acupuncture was still giving a good improvement for his neck but the herbs caused an aggravation.
- In general, most aggravations were short lived, averaging four days, and all had resolved by day 16.
- The latest figures show a certain aggravation on the inflation front, according to the report.
- Hopefully that will lessen the aggravation to the knee.
- The Spaniards themselves, however, looked upon the sending of the Maine as a further aggravation of the long series of their just grievances against the United States.
- I accept that he did suffer from some aggravation of his existing mental health problems.
- However, he came through the game without any major aggravation of the injury and the clash will stand to him for the semi-final.
- These verses, which sounded as if they had been sung expressly for the dirge of my departed happiness, were only an aggravation of my feelings.
- These types of communities could avoid the detrimental impacts of urban sprawl, including aggravation of the region's air quality problems.
- He pitched in an extended spring training game last week with no further aggravation.
- In this article I shall try to present you my opinion about the recent aggravation of earthquakes across the globe.
- The present-day military-political situation is marked by an extremely complex and conflicting character with outbreaks of new and aggravation of old seats of tension in some regions.
- As a result, consumer prices grow, accompanied by a drastic aggravation of service quality.
- The trial was postponed to today for argument in mitigation and aggravation of sentence.
- I gave the salve to one person with colitis and told him that it may cause a temporary aggravation.
- They also observed an occasional initial aggravation in symptoms with homoeopathy.
- The outcome will be economic aggravation, dashing the desperate hope for an economic recovery.
Synonyms
worsening, exacerbation, compounding
worsen, make worse, exacerbate, inflame, compound
2The state of being aggravated.
Internet users' aggravation with the deluge of pop-up ads
Example sentencesExamples
- Hence the helter-skelter prose - I can't think beyond the aggravation.
- We are trying to do what we can with the grassroots and the business community support late in the game to try to get the word out before it's passed and because we cause our state a lot of aggravation.
- Getting your voice heard is a source of both pleasure and aggravation.
- I think this new service offers nothing but more headaches: more of my time, more email, more aggravation.
- Had I been on that bus, I would have encouraged her to save her feminist indignation, frustration, aggravation and tears for, oh, equal pay for equal work, or the right to choose.
- Save us all the aggravation you're putting us through.
- I'd really love to know how the appearance of your name in a Guardian Unlimited minute-by-minute match report is going to enhance your life. The appearance of my name in them causes me nothing but aggravation.
- Lots of overheads, lots of admin, lots of aggravation.
- So we were not entirely surprised to hear that the HP 8100 burner was still causing aggravation to Win2K users.
- A source of aggravation could be your temporary inability to sort out intensely private feelings.
- Mr. Smith's aggravation at their dispute over Jon Bon Jovi's appearance in Young Guns II boiled over into some weird jungle flashback.
- You echo the concerns and aggravation of many day and resident camp directors I have worked with over the past several years.
- Sounds of frustration and aggravation emanated from the kitchen.
- Old Man Winter is like an unexpected out-of-town visitor - you never know when he's coming, how long he's going to stay or how much aggravation he'll cause.
- I'm struggling to keep those rants off this page and every time I sit down to write I think, do I really need the aggravation that comes with taking a side on an issue?
- ‘It's not worth the aggravation,’ he said, describing the process as too complicated.
- Starting the day off with aggravation is not a good thing.
- Copy down all your internet info, since you'll lose all your prefs and settings, but it's worth avoiding the aggravation.
- There is also the aggravation to a user of deliberately having to accept cookies every time a site proffers one.
3A cause of annoyance or irritation.
the aggravations of living with a self-confessed sports junkie
Example sentencesExamples
- I seem to be having a frustrating spell these last few days… along with the bad news life seems to be full of small aggravations and I just don't seem to be able to get anything in order!
- Common aggravations include sloppiness, dividing food, visitors, personal space, music tastes and quiet time.
- A two-hour delay, a bit of aggravation, and a hint of danger this morning for passengers aboard a Boston-bound Amtrak train.
- Although these may present some small aggravations to hard-core coders, my sense is they are not the target market for the Meteor.
- This lesson comes hard to Calvin, who is fed up with the aggravations of running the small business that he inherited from his father and beguiled by fantasies of wealth, if not renown.
- The benefits and higher performance of a new PC do not outweigh the anticipated aggravations from the new miserly customer support.
- A chronic lack of sleep can leave you feeling sluggish, irritable, forgetful, accident-prone, and have difficulty concentrating or coping with life's daily aggravations.
- Frustrations, misunderstandings, aggravations and the rest of it, I'll take 'em all, for despite all of it my world has become a bigger more interesting place with the advent of the w.w.w. and I have met people I count among my true friends.
- While many CSA farms offer two sizes of shares, we decided after our first season to eliminate that aggravation.
- I understand that retirement can be a major shock to the system if you have been used to working for your living and coping with the pressures and aggravations of the daily grind.
- The ads feature a woman floating in a bubble above her daily routine, being protected from the aggravations of modern life by Actimel.
- But frustrations and aggravations ease now Mercury's stopped messing round, so you should find it easier to empathise than criticise.
- By virtue of the widespread feeling that it would be wrong to let aggravations ruin the happy Spring Festival mood, these beggars earned more money than usual?
- We go through the same aggravations every year to get the movies made.
- But relocating was not without its aggravations.
- I think I'm just too high strung to ever really look past the aggravations and see the genuine warmth and love that pervades our culture during this time.
- As I did a bottle fell on the floor and smashed and there were a few aggravations that day.
- When you fire a difficult customer, you're just trading one set of aggravations for another.
- Police and lawyers are one response to such aggravations, but social groups are pushing for an entirely different approach, known as community mediation.
- Given that the story of Tog Man was told at the time I was having so many contract aggravations, Anna and I have decided that Tog Man is the superhero of industrial relations.

单词	aggravation
释义	Definition of aggravation in English: aggravation noun ˌaɡrəˈveɪʃnˌæɡrəˈveɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The state of becoming worse or more serious; exacerbation. the patient experienced an aggravation of symptoms Example sentencesExamples The outcome will be economic aggravation, dashing the desperate hope for an economic recovery. The present-day military-political situation is marked by an extremely complex and conflicting character with outbreaks of new and aggravation of old seats of tension in some regions. In this article I shall try to present you my opinion about the recent aggravation of earthquakes across the globe. The acupuncture was still giving a good improvement for his neck but the herbs caused an aggravation. I gave the salve to one person with colitis and told him that it may cause a temporary aggravation. These verses, which sounded as if they had been sung expressly for the dirge of my departed happiness, were only an aggravation of my feelings. He pitched in an extended spring training game last week with no further aggravation. In general, most aggravations were short lived, averaging four days, and all had resolved by day 16. However, he came through the game without any major aggravation of the injury and the clash will stand to him for the semi-final. Hopefully that will lessen the aggravation to the knee. I accept that he did suffer from some aggravation of his existing mental health problems. As a result, consumer prices grow, accompanied by a drastic aggravation of service quality. These types of communities could avoid the detrimental impacts of urban sprawl, including aggravation of the region's air quality problems. The latest figures show a certain aggravation on the inflation front, according to the report. They also observed an occasional initial aggravation in symptoms with homoeopathy. Liver function tests exhibited a moderate aggravation just before death. The trial was postponed to today for argument in mitigation and aggravation of sentence. In addition, 4 individuals had histories consistent with environmental aggravation of preexisting respiratory disease. The Spaniards themselves, however, looked upon the sending of the Maine as a further aggravation of the long series of their just grievances against the United States. The aggravation of the problem is directly related to the violence unleashed on the natural enemies of pests. Synonyms worsen, make worse, exacerbate, inflame, compound intensify, increase, heighten, magnify, add to, amplify, augment add fuel to the fire/flames, add insult to injury, rub salt in the wound worsening, exacerbation, compounding intensification, increase, heightening, magnification, amplification, augmentation 2informal Annoyance or exasperation. the whole business has caused me a lot of aggravation I don't need this aggravation Example sentencesExamples And the fire alarm before the last round of the day was also amusing, but just added to much of our aggravation. Just think of how much pain and aggravation a simple cold sore causes you. It's not like there's even a paycheck or bonus or anything in the end to make it worth my aggravation. You'll save a lot of time and aggravation if you have detailed building plans. Over the next four years, excitement would give way to aggravation. The boilerplate license agreements have been an additional source of aggravation. Otherwise the aggravation is just not worth it to me. But the victims moved into hastily built shelters nearby and caused him aggravation for at least four years. Perhaps I need to find a private moment of zen each day, a way to let the aggravation fly away from here. Other than low pay, expensive parking is a common juror aggravation, he said. The sooner we end it, the less aggravation there will be. I honestly felt a little stupidity now may save a whole lot of aggravation later. For their sakes I shall have to suffer the aggravations of travelling alone. I make a very nice living doing what I love to do, and I don't need the aggravation of his brand of cracked pot. I need the cash, but I don't need the aggravation. But the demands have increased hugely and in general there's a lot more aggravation and a lot less fun than there used to be. Long lines, overcrowded, delayed and canceled flights all add to the aggravation. The question arises, therefore, of whether the cause of this needless aggravation is itself needless. My second aggravation was an email virus hoax, kindly sent to me by a friend, in all good faith. But on top of the injury comes the aggravation and distress of legal battles over and above the medical battles. Synonyms nuisance, annoyance, irritant, irritation, hassle, pest, grievance, problem, trouble, difficulty, snag, inconvenience, bother, trial, thorn in one's flesh, thorn in one's side, bane of one's life 2.1 Aggressive behaviour; harassment. Example sentencesExamples Approximately how many were carjackings, or incidents that involved threats, aggravation or violence? Section 61J of the Crimes Act, which is the offence with which they were all charged, has a number of circumstances of aggravation. Let's get together and have a competition with all the best pilots without the aggravation found at the Worlds. I didn't have the nerve to confront them, fearing further aggravation. Thus while the words had a race element within them, this did not fall strictly within the statutory definition of racial aggravation. The other circumstance of aggravation is that in the course of that particular incident he detained the woman. That being so, it is plain that the offence of which the applicant was convicted was not a matter of aggravation. Last Friday, he pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery with aggravation. "I did not advocate segregation, and I did not advocate aggravation," he writes. In fact, it's an intermediary between two sectors notorious for aggravation: Spanish builders and British estate agents. In my judgment, grave though the libel is, and grave though the aggravation has been, the answer to that question is decisively no. They also said if management give any aggravation about this they would give them seven days notice that they would join the strike. Later, when his tension level is not at its peak, he can deal with his aggravation realistically. When I first started clubbing I used to dread the brawls and aggravation. They left and didn't cause any aggravation, he added. Definition of aggravation in US English: aggravation nounˌaɡrəˈvāSH(ə)nˌæɡrəˈveɪʃ(ə)n 1An intensification of a negative quality or aspect. Negotiators were optimistic despite the aggravation of the standoff caused by the press release Example sentencesExamples In addition, 4 individuals had histories consistent with environmental aggravation of preexisting respiratory disease. The aggravation of the problem is directly related to the violence unleashed on the natural enemies of pests. Liver function tests exhibited a moderate aggravation just before death. The acupuncture was still giving a good improvement for his neck but the herbs caused an aggravation. In general, most aggravations were short lived, averaging four days, and all had resolved by day 16. The latest figures show a certain aggravation on the inflation front, according to the report. Hopefully that will lessen the aggravation to the knee. The Spaniards themselves, however, looked upon the sending of the Maine as a further aggravation of the long series of their just grievances against the United States. I accept that he did suffer from some aggravation of his existing mental health problems. However, he came through the game without any major aggravation of the injury and the clash will stand to him for the semi-final. These verses, which sounded as if they had been sung expressly for the dirge of my departed happiness, were only an aggravation of my feelings. These types of communities could avoid the detrimental impacts of urban sprawl, including aggravation of the region's air quality problems. He pitched in an extended spring training game last week with no further aggravation. In this article I shall try to present you my opinion about the recent aggravation of earthquakes across the globe. The present-day military-political situation is marked by an extremely complex and conflicting character with outbreaks of new and aggravation of old seats of tension in some regions. As a result, consumer prices grow, accompanied by a drastic aggravation of service quality. The trial was postponed to today for argument in mitigation and aggravation of sentence. I gave the salve to one person with colitis and told him that it may cause a temporary aggravation. They also observed an occasional initial aggravation in symptoms with homoeopathy. The outcome will be economic aggravation, dashing the desperate hope for an economic recovery. Synonyms worsening, exacerbation, compounding worsen, make worse, exacerbate, inflame, compound 2The state of being aggravated. Internet users' aggravation with the deluge of pop-up ads Example sentencesExamples Hence the helter-skelter prose - I can't think beyond the aggravation. We are trying to do what we can with the grassroots and the business community support late in the game to try to get the word out before it's passed and because we cause our state a lot of aggravation. Getting your voice heard is a source of both pleasure and aggravation. I think this new service offers nothing but more headaches: more of my time, more email, more aggravation. Had I been on that bus, I would have encouraged her to save her feminist indignation, frustration, aggravation and tears for, oh, equal pay for equal work, or the right to choose. Save us all the aggravation you're putting us through. I'd really love to know how the appearance of your name in a Guardian Unlimited minute-by-minute match report is going to enhance your life. The appearance of my name in them causes me nothing but aggravation. Lots of overheads, lots of admin, lots of aggravation. So we were not entirely surprised to hear that the HP 8100 burner was still causing aggravation to Win2K users. A source of aggravation could be your temporary inability to sort out intensely private feelings. Mr. Smith's aggravation at their dispute over Jon Bon Jovi's appearance in Young Guns II boiled over into some weird jungle flashback. You echo the concerns and aggravation of many day and resident camp directors I have worked with over the past several years. Sounds of frustration and aggravation emanated from the kitchen. Old Man Winter is like an unexpected out-of-town visitor - you never know when he's coming, how long he's going to stay or how much aggravation he'll cause. I'm struggling to keep those rants off this page and every time I sit down to write I think, do I really need the aggravation that comes with taking a side on an issue? ‘It's not worth the aggravation,’ he said, describing the process as too complicated. Starting the day off with aggravation is not a good thing. Copy down all your internet info, since you'll lose all your prefs and settings, but it's worth avoiding the aggravation. There is also the aggravation to a user of deliberately having to accept cookies every time a site proffers one. 3A cause of annoyance or irritation. the aggravations of living with a self-confessed sports junkie Example sentencesExamples I seem to be having a frustrating spell these last few days… along with the bad news life seems to be full of small aggravations and I just don't seem to be able to get anything in order! Common aggravations include sloppiness, dividing food, visitors, personal space, music tastes and quiet time. A two-hour delay, a bit of aggravation, and a hint of danger this morning for passengers aboard a Boston-bound Amtrak train. Although these may present some small aggravations to hard-core coders, my sense is they are not the target market for the Meteor. This lesson comes hard to Calvin, who is fed up with the aggravations of running the small business that he inherited from his father and beguiled by fantasies of wealth, if not renown. The benefits and higher performance of a new PC do not outweigh the anticipated aggravations from the new miserly customer support. A chronic lack of sleep can leave you feeling sluggish, irritable, forgetful, accident-prone, and have difficulty concentrating or coping with life's daily aggravations. Frustrations, misunderstandings, aggravations and the rest of it, I'll take 'em all, for despite all of it my world has become a bigger more interesting place with the advent of the w.w.w. and I have met people I count among my true friends. While many CSA farms offer two sizes of shares, we decided after our first season to eliminate that aggravation. I understand that retirement can be a major shock to the system if you have been used to working for your living and coping with the pressures and aggravations of the daily grind. The ads feature a woman floating in a bubble above her daily routine, being protected from the aggravations of modern life by Actimel. But frustrations and aggravations ease now Mercury's stopped messing round, so you should find it easier to empathise than criticise. By virtue of the widespread feeling that it would be wrong to let aggravations ruin the happy Spring Festival mood, these beggars earned more money than usual? We go through the same aggravations every year to get the movies made. But relocating was not without its aggravations. I think I'm just too high strung to ever really look past the aggravations and see the genuine warmth and love that pervades our culture during this time. As I did a bottle fell on the floor and smashed and there were a few aggravations that day. When you fire a difficult customer, you're just trading one set of aggravations for another. Police and lawyers are one response to such aggravations, but social groups are pushing for an entirely different approach, known as community mediation. Given that the story of Tog Man was told at the time I was having so many contract aggravations, Anna and I have decided that Tog Man is the superhero of industrial relations.
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