Associations to the word «Exacerbation»

Wiktionary

EXACERBATION, noun. An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease)

Dictionary definition

EXACERBATION, noun. Action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse; "the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care".
EXACERBATION, noun. Violent and bitter exasperation; "his foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King