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exacerbate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aggravate, exasperate |
| Type of | anger |
| Derivation | exacerbation |
Examples of exacerbate
exacerbate
Taiwan's own presidential election in March 2008 could exacerbate the situation.
From the forbes.com
Smoking, diabetes, poor nutrition, and hormonal changes all exacerbate the risk.
From the abcnews.go.com
Heavy meals, too much salt, and excess alcohol can all exacerbate heart failure.
From the us.cnn.com
And ObamaCare's coverage mandate will only exacerbate the negative consequences.
From the forbes.com
Otherwise, these countries will pay usurious rates that exacerbate the meltdown.
From the businessweek.com
An avowedly separatist Scottish executive would greatly exacerbate such strains.
From the economist.com
These emotion-laded beliefs exacerbate fears and spawn anxious ways of relating.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Poor nutrition can actually exacerbate exhaustion and impact cognition and mood.
From the psychcentral.com
The likely election of a more center-right Congress will exacerbate the problem.
From the forbes.com
- Worsen: make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"
- Exasperate or irritate
- (exacerbating) aggravating: making worse
- Irritation or exacerbation, in biology and physiology, is a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage. A stimulus or agent which induces the state of irritation is an irritant. ...
- To irritate; To make (pain, anger, etc.) worse; aggravate
- (exacerbates (-ed)) Furthers, makes worse.
- To aggravate or increase the severity of.
- To cause a disease or its symptoms to become more severe.
- To aggravate or make worse. "Exacerbate" is preferred to the words "cause," "precipitate," "induce" and "incite."
