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aggravation

Roget-categorie 835

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.1. Passive affections

#835. Aggravation

zelfstandig naamwoord

aggravation, worsening, heighteningexacerbationexasperationoverestimation etc. 482exaggeration etc. 549.

werkwoord

aggravate, render worse, heighten, embitter, sourexacerbateexasperate, envenomenrage, provoke, tease.
add fuel to the fire, add fuel to the flamefan the flame etc. (excite) 824go from bad to worse etc. (deteriorate) 659.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

aggravated etc. v. — worse, unrelievedaggravableaggravating etc. v..

bijwoord

out of the frying pan into the fire, from bad to worse, worse and worse.

tussenwerpsel

so much the worse!,

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