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acerbations

acerbations is the plural of acerbation.

Meaning of acerbation

Noun

acerbation (countable and uncountable, plural acerbations)

  1. (rare) 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.1883, Anthony Trollope, chapter 34, in Mr. Scarborough's Family
    Synonyms:
    embitterment
  2. (rare) Exacerbation, aggravation, deterioration.
    • There is, however, significant acerbation of the impact of further episodes of hypoglycemia on cognitive function, so that this risk should be recognized and borne in mind by those receiving or initiating protocols likely to produce such hypoglycemia.2010, Ewan C. McNay and Victoria E. Cotero, Mini-review: Impact of recurrent hypoglycemia on cognitive and brain function, PubMed Central / US National Library of Medicine

Questions about acerbations

What is acerbations the plural of?
Acerbations is the plural of acerbation.

Words near acerbations in the dictionary

  1. acerbate
  2. acerbated
  3. acerbates
  4. acerbating
  5. acerbation
  6. acerbations
  7. acerber
  8. acerbest
  9. acerbic
  10. acerbically
  11. acerbicness

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