exacerbation

Questions about exacerbation

What does exacerbation mean?

exacerbation means "action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in exacerbation?

exacerbation has 5 syllables: ex-ac-er-ba-tion. The stress falls on "ba". In IPA it is /ɪɡˌzæsɚˈbeɪʃən/.

What is another word for exacerbation?

Close synonyms include aggravation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exacerbation a common word?

exacerbation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with exacerbation?

5 words rhyme with exacerbation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.