Synonyms of the word

aggravation

• n. The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity…
• n. Exaggerated representation.
• n. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

aggression

• n. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
• n. The practice or habit of launching attacks.
• n. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

annoyance

• n. (countable) That which annoys.
• n. (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
• n. (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.

chafe

• n. Heat excited by friction.
• n. Injury or wear caused by friction.
• n. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
• n. (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
• v. (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
• v. (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
• v. (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
• v. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
• v. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
• v. (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

exacerbation

• n. An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease).

exasperation

• n. The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
• n. Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation.

intensification

• n. The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.

irritation

• n. The act of irritating or annoying.
• n. The state of being irritated.
• n. The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition…
• n. A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which…

provocation

• n. The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
• n. Something that provokes; a provocative act.
• n. (emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms…

vexation

• n. The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
• n. The state of being vexed or irritated.