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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)
- 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.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 10
- Exaggerated representation.
- An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
act of aggravating
exaggerated representation
extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity
External links
- aggravation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- aggravation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911