EXASPERATION

exasperation. Exasperation, n. a provocation, an exaggeration

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Ex‐as′per‐a″tion (?), n. [[L. exasperatio: cf. F. exaspération.]] 1. 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. 2. Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation. “Exasperation of the fits.” Sir H. Wotton.