English to English
noun
- action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
The aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care.
source: WordNet 3.0
- violent and bitter exasperation
His foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel.
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion.
source: Webster 1913