how to pronounce aggravation

/ˌæɡɹəˈvɛɪʃən/

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aggravation is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of aggravation in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… a lot of aggravation all right step …”

meaning of aggravation

Aggravation is the act of making something worse.

aggravation frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word aggravation occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics aggravation can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that aggravation can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;