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View definitions for exacerbation

exacerbation

noun as in intensification

noun as in irritation

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Example Sentences

Recently we have witnessed a frightening exacerbation of internal discord and an ominous intensification of inflammatory rhetoric.

Hence the dangerous exacerbation of the worst trends in American public life.

There was a slight intermission of symptoms and then an exacerbation.

His death served still more to increase the exacerbation of the conquerors against the conquered.

This was immediately followed by a marked exacerbation of his psychotic manifestations.

(iii) It is rarely required for acute frontal sinusitis, although it might be used in acute exacerbation of a chronic suppuration.

Where the fever was sharp, it usually remitted during the day, having its exacerbation in the night.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to exacerbation, such as: aggravation, worsening, heightening, and increasing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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