Exacerbate
[ɪg'zæsəbeɪt;ek'sæs-] or [ɪɡ'zæsɚbet]
Definition
(v. t.) To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Irritate, exasperate, provoke, imbitter, inflame, excite, infuriate.[2]. Aggravate, heighten, increase.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See EXASPERATE]
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Definition
v.t. to embitter: to provoke: to render more violent or severe as a disease.—ns. Exacerbā′tion Exacerbes′cence increase of irritation or violence esp. the increase of a fever or disease: embitterment.
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Examples
- The senseless legend of German superiority did much to exacerbate the irritations of the Poles in Posen and the French in Lorraine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This hostility exacerbated the natural discord of nomad and townsman. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And the irritations and hardships and the general insecurity of the new time were exacerbated by a profound disturbance of currency and credit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And things were exacerbated by a shortage of provisions--for which the king's government was held guilty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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