exacerbation
pronunciation
How to pronounce exacerbation in British English:
UK [ɪɡˌzæsəˈbeɪʃn]
How to pronounce exacerbation in American English:
US [ ɪɡˌzæsərˈbeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
- violent and bitter exasperation
Word Origin
- exacerbation (n.)
- c. 1400, from Late Latin exacerbationem (nominative exacerbatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin exacerbare "exasperate, irritate, provoke," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + acerbus "harsh, bitter," from acer "sharp, keen" (see acrid).
Example
- 1. Another is the exacerbation of social tensions in what is a perilously unequal country .
- 2. In the least compelling parts of his book ikenberry blames the crisis of liberal international order or its dramatic exacerbation on the george w. bush administration .
- 3. He said their " most significant legacy may be the exacerbation of the problems posed by ' too big to fail ' , particularly given the manner in which the treasury executed the bail-out " .