aggravation

Other forms of aggravation

plural

aggravations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aggravation

What does aggravation mean?

aggravation means "an exasperated feeling of annoyance". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aggravation?

aggravation has 4 syllables: ag-gra-va-tion. The stress falls on "va". In IPA it is /ˌæɡɹəˈveɪʃən/.

What is another word for aggravation?

Close synonyms include exasperation, irritation, provocation, exacerbation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aggravation a common word?

aggravation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with aggravation?

19 words rhyme with aggravation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.