exacerbate
11exacerbate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. aggravate, intensify, worsen; enrage, embitter, irritate, vex. See increase, resentment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To aggravate] Syn. worsen, heighten, intensify, add fuel to the flames*; see increase 1 …
12exacerbate — ex|a|cer|bate [ıgˈzæsəbeıt US sər ] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of exacerbare, from acerbus bitter ] to make a bad situation worse ▪ The recession has exacerbated this problem. ▪ I don t want to exacerbate the… …
13exacerbate — exacerbatingly, adv. exacerbation, n. /ig zas euhr bayt , ek sas /, v.t., exacerbated, exacerbating. 1. to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate. 2. to embitter the feelings of (a person);… …
14exacerbate — ex·ac·er·bate ig zas ər .bāt vt, bat·ed; bat·ing to cause (a disease or its symptoms) to become more severe <her condition was exacerbated by lack of care> ex·ac·er·ba·tion .zas ər bā shən n …
15exacerbate — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, acerbate, agent provocateur, aggravate, alienate, amplify, annoy, antagonize, augment, beef up, bitter, blow up, build up, chafe, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, damage, deepen, deteriorate …
16exacerbate — ex|ac|er|bate [ ıg zæsər,beıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to make a problem worse ╾ ex|ac|er|ba|tion [ ıg,zæsər beıʃn ] noun count or uncount …
17exacerbate — [[t]ɪgzæ̱sə(r)beɪt[/t]] exacerbates, exacerbating, exacerbated VERB If something exacerbates a problem or bad situation, it makes it worse. [FORMAL] [V n] Mr Powell Taylor says that depopulation exacerbates the problem... [V n] Longstanding… …
18exacerbate — ex·ac·er·bate || ek sæsÉ™beɪt v. worsen, intensify, aggravate …
19exacerbate — [ɪg zasəbeɪt, ɛk sas ] verb make (something bad) worse. Derivatives exacerbation noun Origin C17 (earlier (ME) as exacerbation, in the sense provocation to anger ): from L. exacerbat , exacerbare make harsh …
20exacerbate — v. a. 1. Irritate, exasperate, provoke, embitter, inflame, excite, infuriate, enrage. 2. Aggravate, heighten, increase …
