Synonyms and related words :
accelerando, acceleration, aggravation, amplification, annoyance, augmentation, beefing-up, blowing up, blowup, concentration, condensation, consolidation, contentiousness, deepening, deliberate aggravation, deterioration, embittering, embitterment, enhancement, enlargement, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, explosion, heating-up, heightening, increase, information explosion, irritation, magnification, pickup, population explosion, provocation, redoubling, reinforcement, sharpening, souring, speedup, step-up, strengthening, tightening, worsening