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acerbation

noun

Definitions

  1. Bitterness of feeling.

    • And Dolly's acerbation was aroused by a belief on her part that the money asked for trousers took him generally to race-courses.
    • As a result of this midwinter acerbation, men on both sides of Philadelphia had ample a reason to feel they contended for nothing less than "the right cause" in the rescue and revival of Britain's imperial destinies.

  2. Exacerbation, aggravation, deterioration.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA