Dictionary entry

Exasperation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ex‐as′per‐a″tion (?), n. [L. exasperatio: cf. F. exaspération.] 1. The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.

Extorted from him by the exasperation of his spirits. South.

2. Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation. “Exasperation of the fits.” Sir H. Wotton.