exacerbate

(ĭg-zăs'ər-bāt')
tr.v., -bat·ed, -bat·ing, -bates.
To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate: a speech that exacerbated racial tensions; a heavy rainfall that exacerbated the flood problems.

[Latin exacerbāre, exacerbāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + acerbāre, to make harsh (from acerbus, harsh).]

exacerbation ex·ac'er·ba'tion n.

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Definition: infuriate
Antonyms: aid, calm, comfort, help, soothe

IN BRIEF: To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.

Making too many erasures will only exacerbate the problem of the paper not being neat enough.

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Increase in severity of a disease or any of its clinical signs.

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Common misspelling(s) of exacerbate

• exerbate

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forværre, ophidse

Nederlands (Dutch)
verhevigen, irriteren

Français (French)
v. tr. - exacerber, irriter, exaspérer (qn)

Deutsch (German)
v. - verschlimmern, irritieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επιδεινώνω, χειροτερεύω

Italiano (Italian)
esacerbare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - agravar, exacerbar, irritar

Русский (Russian)
усиливать, обострять, углублять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - exacerbar, intensificar, agravar, irritar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förvärra, intensifiera, irritera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
恶化, 激怒, 增剧

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 惡化, 激怒, 增劇

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 악화시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 悪化させる, つのらせる, 憤激させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفاقم الألم أو الغضب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הרע, החמיר, הכביד, הרגיז‬

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