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- Dictionaryexacerbate/ɪɡˈzasəbeɪt/
verb
- 1. make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse: "the exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem"
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Exacerbate means to make something that is already bad even worse. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts with sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in other languages.
- English (US)
EXACERBATE meaning: 1. to make something that is already bad...
- Znaczenie Exacerbate, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
EXACERBATE definicja: 1. to make something that is already...
- Exacerbate in Thai
EXACERBATE translate: ทำให้แย่ลง. Learn more in the...
- Exacerbate: Danish Translation
exacerbate - translate into Danish with the English-Danish...
- Exacerbate: Norwegian Translation
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- Exacerbate: Malay Translation
EXACERBATE translate: menjadikan lebih buruk. Learn more in...
- Exacerbate: Portuguese Translation
EXACERBATE translate: exacerbar, agravar. Learn more in the...
- Exacerbate: Czech Translation
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- English (US)
Exacerbate means to make more violent, bitter, or severe. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and medical usage of this word from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Exacerbate definition: to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate. . See examples of EXACERBATE used in a sentence.
Think of exacerbate then as a sharp or bitter thing that makes something worse. A drought will exacerbate a country's food shortage. Worsen, intensify, aggravate and compound are similar, but exacerbate has the sense of an irritant being added in to make something bad even worse.
Exacerbate means to make something worse or more intense, such as a problem, a situation, or a feeling. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, with synonyms and pronunciation, and see examples from Collins English Dictionary.
Define exacerbate. exacerbate synonyms, exacerbate pronunciation, exacerbate translation, English dictionary definition of exacerbate. intensify; worsen; inflame; increase the severity of: Her response only exacerbated the situation.
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.
