'Exacerbation' definitions:
Definition of 'exacerbation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care" [syn: aggravation, exacerbation]
noun
Violent and bitter exasperation; "his foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel"
Definition of 'Exacerbation'
From: GCIDE
- Exacerbation \Ex*ac`er*ba"tion\ ([e^]gz*[a^]s`[~e]r*b[=a]"sh[u^]n) n. [Cf. F. exacerbation.]
- 1. The act of rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continuous fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exacerbation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerando,
- acceleration,
- aggravation,
- agitation,
- amplification,
- animation,
- annoyance,
- arousal,
- arousing,
- augmentation,
- beefing-up,
- blowing up,
- blowup,
- chafe,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- consolidation,
- contentiousness,
- deepening,
- deliberate aggravation,
- deterioration,
- electrification,
- embittering,
- embitterment,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- exaggeration,
- exasperation,
- excitation,
- excitement,
- exhilaration,
- explosion,
- fomentation,
- fret,
- gall,
- galvanization,
- heating-up,
- heightening,
- incitement,
- increase,
- inflammation,
- information explosion,
- infuriation,
- intensification,
- irritant,
- irritation,
- lathering up,
- magnification,
- perturbation,
- pickup,
- population explosion,
- provocation,
- redoubling,
- reinforcement,
- sharpening,
- souring,
- speedup,
- steaming up,
- step-up,
- stimulation,
- stimulus,
- stirring,
- stirring up,
- strengthening,
- tightening,
- whipping up,
- working up,
- worsening