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- Dictionaryexacerbate/ɪɡˈzasəbeɪt/
verb
- 1. make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse: "the exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem"
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to make something that is already bad even worse: This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Deteriorating and making worse. add. admin. aggravate. backslide. be downhill idiom. debase. deteriorate. deterioration. devaluation. devalue. disintegrate. dog.
The meaning of EXACERBATE is to make more violent, bitter, or severe. How to use exacerbate in a sentence. Did you know? Exacerbate vs. Exasperate
Exacerbate definition: to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate. . See examples of EXACERBATE used in a sentence.
1. to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate. 2. to embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate; exasperate. SYNONYMS 1. intensify, inflame, worsen. ANTONYMS 1. relieve, soothe, alleviate.
Think of exacerbate then as a sharp or bitter thing that makes something worse. A drought will exacerbate a country's food shortage. Worsen, intensify, aggravate and compound are similar, but exacerbate has the sense of an irritant being added in to make something bad even worse.
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exacerbate something to make something worse, especially a disease or problem synonym aggravate His aggressive reaction only exacerbated the situation. The symptoms may be exacerbated by certain drugs.
