aggravation
English Thesaurus
1. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | intensification, |
| definition | : | action that makes something stronger or more extreme (noun.act) |
2. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | aggression, |
| definition | : | deliberately unfriendly behavior (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | aggro, |
| definition | : | (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | last straw, |
| definition | : | the final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | taunt, taunting, twit, |
| definition | : | aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing (noun.act) |
3. an exasperated feeling of annoyance (noun.feeling)
4. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse (noun.act)
5. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment (noun.act)
| derivation | : | annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex, |
| definition | : | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke, |
| definition | : | annoy continually or chronically (verb.emotion) |
6. an exasperated feeling of annoyance (noun.feeling)
7. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse (noun.act)
8. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment (noun.act)
| derivation | : | annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex, |
| definition | : | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke, |
| definition | : | annoy continually or chronically (verb.emotion) |
9. an exasperated feeling of annoyance (noun.feeling)
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