Synonyms for aggravation
ˌæg rəˈveɪ ʃənag·gra·va·tion

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1. aggravationnoun

   Synonyms:
   provocation, irritation

2. aggravationnoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   provocation, irritation

3. aggravationnoun

   Exaggerated representation.

   Synonyms:
   irritation, provocation

4. aggravationnoun

   An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

   Synonyms:
   provocation, irritation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aggravation, exasperationnoun

   an exasperated feeling of annoyance

   Synonyms:
   provocation, exacerbation, exasperation, irritation

2. aggravation, irritation, provocationnoun

   unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

   Synonyms:
   discomfort, temper, annoying, exacerbation, botheration, pique, innervation, provocation, incitement, incitation, excitation, soreness, irritation, exasperation, vexation, annoyance

3. aggravation, exacerbationnoun

   action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse

   "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care"

   Synonyms:
   provocation, exacerbation, exasperation, irritation

Matched Categories

1. • Aggression
   • Annoyance
   • Intensification

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aggravationnoun

   Synonyms:
   a heightening (of something evil)

2. aggravationnoun

   Synonyms:
   exaggeration

3. aggravationnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Of questionable propriety.] provocation, irritation

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1. aggravationnoun

   Synonyms:
   enhancement, heightening, exasperation, provocation, irritation

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1. List of paraphrases for "aggravation":

   worsening, exacerbation, escalation, deterioration, aggravating, widening

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How to use aggravation in a sentence?

1. Henry Adams:

   The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.

2. Cyril Abiteboul:

   The fact we know this week will avoid unnecessary aggravation from a cost perspective, the Chinese race is an important race on the calendar and China and the U.S. are the two strategic priorities for (Formula One's commercial rights holder) Liberty Media and we support that.

3. Randy Shropshire/Getty Images Maron:

   I think that those porch talks, the Instagram lives were kind of essential in that process because I think that at the time, I was unwilling to do outdoor comedy or drive-in comedy or zoom comedy, I just, I couldn’t because it just seemed too difficult and I didn’t need that aggravation and I didn’t see it as a way to to process or create, i think that the Instagram lives became essential in me engaging with an audience of people that were watching, and so I was in a zone where I was putting stuff out in the world for people and doing it much like I do comedy.

4. Malcolm Stevenson Forbes:

   If you have a job without aggravation, you don't have a job.

5. Robert Byrne:

   Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.