All 4 Uses of
aggravate
in
Mansfield Park
- Such a look of reproach at Edmund from his father she could never have expected to witness; and to feel that it was in any degree deserved was an aggravation indeed.
Chpt 19 (definition 1) *aggravation = something that is disturbing
- She feared she had been doing wrong: saying too much, overacting the caution which she had been fancying necessary; in guarding against one evil, laying herself open to another; and to have Miss Crawford's liveliness repeated to her at such a moment, and on such a subject, was a bitter aggravation.
Chpt 35 (definition 1)aggravation = irritation
- You may not have heard of the last blow--Julia's elopement; she is gone to Scotland with Yates. She left London a few hours before we entered it. At any other time this would have been felt dreadfully. Now it seems nothing; yet it is an heavy aggravation.
Chpt 46 (definition 2)aggravation = something making the situation worse
- Under any circumstances it would have been an unwelcome alliance; but to have it so clandestinely formed, and such a period chosen for its completion, placed Julia's feelings in a most unfavourable light, and severely aggravated the folly of her choice.
Chpt 47 (definition 2) *aggravated = made worse
Definitions:
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(1) (aggravate as in: she aggravates me) annoy or irritate
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(2) (aggravate as in: aggravated his illness) make worse