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exacerbate
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As a verb, exacerbate means make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
Meanings of exacerbate
2 meaningsverb
To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.); aggravate.
“The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems.”
Exasperate or irritate
Similar: exasperate, aggravate
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
verb: make worse
verb: exasperate or irritate
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