About The Word Exacerbate
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Exacerbate
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What's The Definition Of Exacerbate?
[v] make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"
[v] exasperate or irritate Synonyms | Synonyms for Exacerbate: aggravate | aggravate | exasperate | exasperate | worsen Related Terms | Find terms related to Exacerbate: 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 | dilapidate | double | embitter | endamage | enhance | enlarge | envenom | estrange | exaggerate | exasperate | feed the fire | fret | gall | grate | grate on | gravel | grit | harm | heat up | heighten | hop up | hot up | hurt | impair | increase | inflame | infuriate | injure | intensify | irritate | jazz up | key up | madden | magnify | make acute | make complex | make worse | provoke | put back | ramify | rasp | redouble | reinforce | set against | set at odds | set on edge | sharpen | soup up | sour | step up | strengthen | triple | weaken | whet | worsen See Also | alter | anger | change | cheapen | degrade | inflame | irritate Exacerbate In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*ac"er*bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exacerrated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Exacerrating}.] [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of
exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See {Acerbate}.]
To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate;
to imbitter, as passions or disease. --Broughman.
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