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- DictionaryEx·ac·er·bate/iɡˈzasərˌbāt/
verb
- 1. make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse: "the exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem"
Worsen, intensify, aggravate and compound are similar, but exacerbate has the sense of an irritant being added in to make something bad even worse. Definitions of exacerbate. verb. make worse. synonyms: aggravate, exasperate, worsen. see more. verb. exasperate or irritate. synonyms: aggravate, exasperate.
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.
2 days ago · 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.
EXACERBATE definition: to make something worse: . Learn more.
2 days ago · (ɪgzæsərbeɪt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense exacerbates, present participle exacerbating, past tense, past participle exacerbated. transitive verb. If something exacerbates a problem or bad situation, it makes it worse. [formal] Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions.
1. to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.). 2. to embitter the feelings of (a person). [1650–60; < Latin exacerbātus, past participle of exacerbāre to exasperate = ex- ex - 1 + acerbāre to make bitter] ex•ac′er•bat`ing•ly, adv. ex•ac`er•ba′tion, n.
adjective. made worse, more severe, or more bitter; aggravated: The Economic Policy Institute recently released a study showing evidence of an exacerbated income gap between rich and poor. feeling or showing embitterment, irritation, or exasperation:
