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Exacerbation   /ɪgzˌæsərbˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Exacerbation

noun
1.
Action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse.  Synonym: aggravation.
2.
Violent and bitter exasperation.






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"Exacerbation" Quotes from Famous Books



... — N. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation &c. (expansion) 194; increment, accretion; accession &c. 37; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent &c. 305; exaggeration exacerbation; spread &c. (dispersion) 73; flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit. V. increase, augment, add to, enlarge;. dilate &c. (expand) 194; grow, wax, get ahead. gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend &c. 305; sprout ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... certain length of time, not too long, however, in the condensed atmosphere, exhibit a most striking exacerbation of mental and physical vigor. They go up and down ladders, lift heavy weights, are more or less exhilarated, and, in short, behave as though under the ...
— Scientific American Supplement No. 822 - Volume XXXII, Number 822. Issue Date October 3, 1891 • Various

... time of quieting down in her behavior tendencies, although there was never complete cessation of the inclination to falsify, a new exacerbation of lying arose. This time it seemed to center about a clandestine love affair of a mild type. There was one trouble with this case which neither I nor any one else was able to clear for the parents. It was perfectly apparent that the ...
— Pathology of Lying, Etc. • William and Mary Healy



Words linked to "Exacerbation" :   exasperation, exacerbate, aggravation, intensification



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