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“aggravation”
aggravation (s), aggravations (pl) (noun forms)
1. The act or result of making a situation, an injury, a condition, etc. worse: "She was making every possible effort to avoid the aggravation of her existing back problem."
2. That which annoys or bothers a person: "More and more well educated and experienced people feel tha a career in politics simply is not worth all the aggravations."
2. That which annoys or bothers a person: "More and more well educated and experienced people feel tha a career in politics simply is not worth all the aggravations."
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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grav-, griev-
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(a disease of the skin in which raised, rough, reddened areas appear, covered with fine silvery scales which cause aggravation)