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exacerbate

[ig-zas-er-beyt, ek-sas-]

verb (used with object)

exacerbated, exacerbating 
  1. to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate.

    Synonyms: , , ,
    Antonyms: , , ,
  2. to embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate; exasperate.



exacerbate

/ ɪɡˈzæsəˌbeɪt, ɪkˈsæs- /

verb

  1. to make (pain, disease, emotion, etc) more intense; aggravate

  2. to exasperate or irritate (a person)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • exacerbatingly adverb
  • exacerbation noun
  • unexacerbating adjective
  • ˌˈپDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of exacerbate1

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin 油ٳܲ (past participle of “to exasperate, provoke”), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + ٳܲ acerbate
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of exacerbate1

C17: from Latin to irritate, from acerbus bitter
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Swisher also warns that assisted stretching could exacerbate existing injuries “like an acute sprain or tear without being cleared by a doctor first.”

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But the intense anguish some feel at this moment has exacerbated the dilemma.

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Experts warn that the decision to eliminate access to emergency life-saving abortions will further exacerbate the crisis for doctors.

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His administration's cuts to UN aid agencies, and his dismantling of the American aid agency USAID, have also deepened the suffering of displaced and marginalised people in many regions and exacerbates tensions.

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More than 18,000 people died in the disaster, a toll exacerbated by an initial warning that underestimated the size of the tsunami before communications systems cut out entirely.

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