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aggravation 音標拼音: [ ,ægrəv'eʃən] n. 更惡化,加厲,惱怒 更惡化,加厲,惱怒 aggravation n 1: an exasperated feeling of annoyance [ synonym: { aggravation}, { exasperation}] 2: unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment [ synonym: { aggravation}, { irritation}, { provocation}] 3: action that makes a problem or a disease ( or its symptoms) worse; " the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care" [ synonym: { aggravation}, { exacerbation}] Aggravation \ Ag` gra* va" tion\, n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Exaggerated representation. [ 1913 Webster] By a little aggravation of the features changed it into the Saracen' s head. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Provocation; irritation. [ Colloq.] -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster] 122 Moby Thesaurus words for " aggravation": 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, worryAGGRAVATION, crimes, torts. That which increases the enormity of a crime orthe injury of a wrong. The opposite of extenuation. 2. When a crime or trespass has been committed under aggravatingcircumstances, it is punished with more severity; and, the damages given tovindicate the wrong are greater.
AGGRAVATION, in pleading. The introduction of matter into the declarationwhich tends to increase the amount of damages, but does not affect the rightof action itself. Steph. Pl. 257; 12 Mod. 597. See 3 An. Jur. 287, 313. Anexample of this is found in the case where a plaintiff declares in trespassfor entering his house, and breaking his close, and tossing his goods about; the entry of the house is the principal ground and foundation of theaction, and the rest is only stated by way of aggravation; 3 Wils. R. 294; and this matter need not be proved by the plaintiff or answered by thedefendant.
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