exacerbation; exasperation; overestimation &c 482; exaggeration &c 549.
V. aggravate, render worse, heighten, embitter, sour; exacerbate;
exasperate, envenom; enrage, provoke, tease.
add fuel to the fire, add fuel to the flame; fan the flame &c
(excite) 824; go from bad to worse &c (deteriorate) 659.
Adj. aggravated &c v.; worse, unrelieved; aggravable†; aggravating &c
v..
Adv. out of the frying pan into the fire, from bad to worse, worse and
worse.
Int. so much the worse!,