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Webster 1913 Edition


Aggravation

Agˊgra-va′tion

,
Noun.
[LL.
aggravatio
: cf. F.
aggravation
.]
1.
The act of aggravating, or making worse; – used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
2.
Exaggerated representation.
By a little
aggravation
of the features changed it into the Saracen’s head.
Addison.
3.
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
4.
Provocation; irritation.
[Colloq.]
Dickens.

Webster 1828 Edition


Aggravation

AGGRAVA'TION

,
Noun.
1.
The act of making worse, used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing severity or hainousness; addition to that which is evil or improper; as, an aggravation of pain or grief.
2.
Exaggerated representation, or heightened description of any thing wrong, improper, or unnatural; as, an aggravation of features in a caricature.

Definition 2024


aggravation

aggravation

English

Noun

aggravation (plural aggravations)

  1. The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
    • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 10
      Adrian, whose health had always been weak, now suffered considerable aggravation of suffering from the effects of his wound.
  2. Exaggerated representation.
  3. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

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  • aggravation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • aggravation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

French

Noun

aggravation f (plural aggravations)

  1. aggravation