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What (who) is exacerbate - definition
Exacerbate
WORSENING OF A DISEASE
Exacerbate; Exacerbated; Exacerbating; Exacerbates
·vt To render more violent or bitter; to Irriate; to Exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease.
exacerbate
WORSENING OF A DISEASE
Exacerbate; Exacerbated; Exacerbating; Exacerbates
[?g'zas?be?t, ?k'sas-]
¦ verb make (something bad) worse.
Derivatives
exacerbation noun
Origin
C17 (earlier (ME) as exacerbation, in the sense 'provocation to anger'): from L. exacerbat-, exacerbare 'make harsh'.
exacerbate
WORSENING OF A DISEASE
Exacerbate; Exacerbated; Exacerbating; Exacerbates
v. a.
1.
Irritate, exasperate, provoke, embitter, inflame, excite, infuriate, enrage.
2.
Aggravate, heighten, increase.
Examples of use of exacerbate
1. Therefore, biodiesels do not exacerbate global warming.
2. Using force domestically can exacerbate these disagreements.
3. On the contrary, it may very well exacerbate them.
4. The election of Abe threatens to exacerbate these tensions.
5. That would only exacerbate division rather than help build cohesion.