noun provocation; irritation.
2. aggravation ·noun exaggerated representation.
3. aggravation ·noun an extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
4. aggravation ·noun 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.