Meaning of EXACERBATE
| Pronunciation: | | ig'zasur`beyt
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- [v] make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"
- [v] exasperate or irritate
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| | Synonyms: | | aggravate, aggravate, exasperate, exasperate, worsen |
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| | Antonyms: | | ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate | | |
| | See Also: | | alter, anger, change, cheapen, degrade, inflame, irritate | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ex*ac"er*bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exacerrated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Exacerrating}.] [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of
exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See {Acerbate}.]
To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate;
to imbitter, as passions or disease. --Broughman.
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| | Related Terms: | | accelerate, acerbate, agent provocateur, aggravate, alienate, amplify, annoy, antagonize, augment, beef up, bitter, blow up, build up, chafe, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, damage, deepen, deteriorate, dilapidate, double, embitter, endamage, enhance, enlarge, envenom, estrange, exaggerate, exasperate, feed the fire, fret, gall, grate, grate on, gravel, grit, harm, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, hurt, impair, increase, inflame, infuriate, injure, intensify, irritate, jazz up, key up, madden, magnify, make acute, make complex, make worse, provoke, put back, ramify, rasp, redouble, reinforce, set against, set at odds, set on edge, sharpen, soup up, sour, step up, strengthen, triple, weaken, whet, worsen |
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