noun

• The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
• Exaggerated representation.
• An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
• (informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.