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81imbalance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ growing ▪ dangerous, extreme, huge, massive, serious, severe ▪ dangerous imbalances in potassium and other body chemicals …
82situation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, overall, whole ▪ current, immediate, present ▪ international, local, national …
83Aggravation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Aggravation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 aggravation aggravation heightening Sgm: N 1 exacerbation exacerbation Sgm: N 1 exasperation exasperation Sgm: N 1 overestimation overestimation &c. 482 Sgm: N 1 exaggeration …
84embitter — v. a. [Written also Imbitter.] 1. Make bitter or more bitter. 2. Make unhappy or grievous or distressing. 3. Aggravate, exacerbate, render more severe or bitter or poignant or violent or malignant. 4. Exasperate, anger, make hostile, madden,… …
85aggravate — verb 1) the new law could aggravate the situation Syn: worsen, make worse, exacerbate, inflame, compound; add fuel to the fire/flames, add insult to injury, rub salt in the wound Ant: alleviate, improve 2) informal you don …
86exacerbation — noun 1. action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse (Freq. 3) the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care • Syn: ↑aggravation • Derivationally related forms: ↑exacerbate, ↑aggravate ( …
87ag´gra|va´tor — ag|gra|vate «AG ruh vayt», transitive verb, vat|ed, vat|ing. 1. a) to make worse or more severe: »His bad temper was aggravated by a headache. SYNONYM(S): increase, augment, intensify, exacerbate. b) to make more burdensome or mo …
88ag´gra|vat´ing|ly — ag|gra|vate «AG ruh vayt», transitive verb, vat|ed, vat|ing. 1. a) to make worse or more severe: »His bad temper was aggravated by a headache. SYNONYM(S): increase, augment, intensify, exacerbate. b) to make more burdensome or mo …
89ag|gra|vate — «AG ruh vayt», transitive verb, vat|ed, vat|ing. 1. a) to make worse or more severe: »His bad temper was aggravated by a headache. SYNONYM(S): increase, augment, intensify, exacerbate. b) to make more burdensome or mo …
90ex|ac|er|bate — «ehg ZAS uhr bayt, ehk SAS », transitive verb, bat|ed, bat|ing. 1. to make worse (pain, disease, anger); aggravate: »to exacerbate the growing moodiness of his temper ( …
