I find it necessary to exacerbate my neighbor's day after watching his dog "do his business" on my lawn.
To exacerbate is to make a situation worse. An example of it used in a sentence is: If you hit her back, it's only going to exacerbate things and start an all out brawl.
Don't exacerbate the problem by arguing back to your mother.
(to exacerbate means to make a problem worse) "Changes in the tax law will only exacerbate problems in capital investment." "The closure of one garage was expected to exacerbate parking woes at the airport." "The coming elections will likely exacerbate the conflicts within Congress."
The rainfall exacerbated the flood problem.
Eventually they will help, but for now the various road construction projects around town only exacerbate our traffic problems. Higher pollen counts will exacerbate breathing difficulty for those with allergies.
His disrespect only served to acerbate the teacher.The criminal sought to acerbate the authorities by taunting them.(compare to exacerbate, meaning to make worse, as a situation )
The word exacerbate sounds like this: ecks a sir bate. The a is a short vowel sound, like the a in man, plan etc.
The verb "to exacerbate" means to worsen, as to make a difficulty, problem, or bad situation even worse. For example: "Smoking will usually exacerbate existing dental problems." "The trial may exacerbate racial tensions in the city." "New fighting will likely exacerbate the refugee situation in the country."
infuriate, exasperate, aggravate, irritate, exacerbate, antagonize
What will be the make sentence the arrival in a sentence
The opposite of mitigate (lessen, relieve) would be aggravate, or worsen.
Exacerbate