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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ag•gra•va•tion (ag′rə vā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - an increase in intensity, seriousness, or severity;
act of making worse:an aggravation of pain. - the state of being aggravated.
- something that causes an increase in intensity, degree, or severity.
- annoyance;
exasperation:Johnny causes me so much aggravation! - a source or cause of annoyance or exasperation:Johnny's such an aggravation to her!
- Medieval Latin aggravātiōn- (stem of aggravātiō); see aggravate, -ion
- 1475–85
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