Dictionary Entry
exacerbation
exacerbation is a 12-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion. Face value is 23 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 23 · Words With Friends 26 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion.
- 2noun
A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.
- 3noun
action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
"the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care"
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- 4noun
violent and bitter exasperation
"his foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel"
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