Aggravation

Noun

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

Synonyms

 * provocation, irritation.

Related terms

 * aggravate

Thesaurus
accelerando; acceleration; adverse circumstances; adversity; affliction; agitation; animation; annoyance; annoyingness; arousal; arousing; bad news; bedevilment; beefing-up; blight; blowing up; blowup; bore; bother; botheration; bothersomeness; bummer; care; concentration; condensation; consolidation; crashing bore; cross; curse; deepening; devilment; difficulties; difficulty; disapprobation; disapproval; discontent; displeasure; dissatisfaction; dogging; downer; drag; electrification; enhancement; exacerbation; exaggeration; exasperation; excitation; excitement; exhilaration; explosion; fomentation; galvanization; harassment; hard knocks; hard life; hard lot; hardcase; hardship; harrying; headache; heating-up; heightening; hounding; incitement; inflammation; information explosion; infuriation; intensification; irksomeness; irritation; lathering up; magnification; molestation; nuisance; persecution; perturbation; peskiness; pest; pestiferousness; pickup; plaguesomeness; plight; population explosion; pother; predicament; pressure; problem; provocation; provokingness; redoubling; reinforcement; resentfulness; resentment; rigor; sea of troubles; speedup; steaming up; step-up; stimulation; stimulus; stirring; stirring up; strengthening; stress; stress of life; tightening; tiresomeness; trial; tribulation; trouble; troubles; troublesomeness; vale of tears; vexation; vexatiousness; vicissitude; wearisomeness; whipping up; working up; worriment; worrisomeness; worry