Exacerbate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪɡˈzæsərbeɪt|
Brit.
|ɪɡˈzæsəbeɪt|
verb
- make worse (syn: aggravate, exasperate, worsen)
- exasperate or irritate (syn: aggravate, exasperate)
- exasperate or irritate (syn: aggravate, exasperate)
Extra examples
The proposed factory shutdown would only exacerbate our unemployment problems.
His angry comments have exacerbated tensions in the negotiation process.
The recession has exacerbated this problem.
I don't want to exacerbate the situation.
The feverish symptoms disappear or remit soon to recur or exacerbate.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: exacerbate
he/she/it: exacerbates
present participle: exacerbating
past tense: exacerbated
past participle: exacerbated
I/you/we/they: exacerbate
he/she/it: exacerbates
present participle: exacerbating
past tense: exacerbated
past participle: exacerbated
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