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exacerbate English

Meaning exacerbate meaning

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Definitions in simple English

exacerbate Verb

— making something worse than it already is. Your unkind remark exacerbates my anguish.

exacerbate

— verb (= aggravate) make worse This drug aggravates the pain — verb (= exasperate) exasperate or irritate

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exacerbate English » English

aggravate worsen exasperate embitter irritate intensify acerbate rile provoke make worse inflame fret chafe worse whet vex tick off tease stymy stymie strengthen stimulate spite sharpen reinforce rankle rag pique peeve obstruct nettle nark miff make difficult jar irk incite hinder hamper gravel goad get worse get gall ferment excite embarrass compound complicate

Topics exacerbate topics

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Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Angry

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Conjugation exacerbate conjugation

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exacerbate · verb

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Simple sentences

Hot and blustery conditions will exacerbate the risk of fire tomorrow.

Movie subtitles

I realized the program itself might exacerbate the very conflict I sought to avoid.
Your emotions will only exacerbate the situation.
That would exacerbate the problem.
I was worried it could exacerbate. lt's regular-strength Tylenol.
In fact, it'll only exacerbate things.
And that will exacerbate things for all of us.
Ed, don't exacerbate things!
While he was alive, was only exacerbate.
And the books you send him only.. They only exacerbate the problem.
As a result, crowded waiting rooms are now serving only to exacerbate an already difficult.
Of course, my wife says that I exacerbate the gout by eating and drinking too well.
Well, now that's not going to help her nymphomania, it's only going to exacerbate it.
It's only going to exacerbate it. Oh, my God, what are you kids doing? Out.
Fluorescents exacerbate my migraines.
But I can't be responsible for treatment that might exacerbate your illness.
They only exacerbate the problem.
Food or liquids exacerbate or complicate an obstruction, volvulus or inflammation.
It's only going to exacerbate it.
It appears that the worst is over, though his body has taken a terrible blow which the sea voyage has done much to exacerbate.
I think that police got to the conclusion that staying here can only exacerbate the situation.
Unfortunately, this may exacerbate the insanity.
And I just believe that if she starts talking to them it's gonna exacerbate the whole situation - and really they're gunning for her.
In turn, they exacerbate global warming.
Stress can exacerbate abdominal pain.
We don't want to deepen their obvious trust issues, not to mention exacerbate the dynamic of paranoia already at play here.
Alcohol tends to exacerbate an underlying personality disorder.
It would exacerbate the pain.
The heat and the stress will just exacerbate your symptoms.
A vitamin K deficiency or scurvy could explain bleeding problems, and pregnancy could exacerbate it.
But for someone whose body is already filled with toxins from a lead tattoo, it can exacerbate the symptoms.
Stress tends to exacerbate the symptoms, but I'm glad to know we're keeping them at bay at this dosage level.

News and current affairs

Not only do they repeatedly generate destabilizing asset bubbles, but, when demand weakens, forces that exacerbate the downturn come into play.
Thus, new fights on the debt ceiling, risks of a government shutdown, and rating downgrades could further depress consumer and business confidence, reducing spending and accelerating a flight to safety that would exacerbate the fall in stock markets.
Of course, a US recession will also bring further Fed interest-rate cuts, which will exacerbate problems later.
An economic slowdown will exacerbate all our financial problems.
A change on the horizon that will exacerbate current frictions is the growing importance of individualized health care.
But, under European Union rules, Spain must now cut its spending, which will likely exacerbate unemployment.
In fact, such measures would only exacerbate the flaws in the eurozone's structure.
Continuing down the investment-led growth path will exacerbate the visible glut of capacity in manufacturing, real estate, and infrastructure, and thus will intensify the coming economic slowdown once further fixed-investment growth becomes impossible.
In this process, the concentration of foreign direct investment (FDI) along the coasts will also continue to exacerbate regional inequalities.
But the ways governments in developing countries exacerbate the divide through their own regulatory policies are much less well understood.
In short, it is more likely that moderating investment will exacerbate the consumer slowdown than that an acceleration of investment will offset it.
The former would exacerbate the country's slowdown, and neither change is in the cards.
As we struggle with today's crises, we should be asking whether we are responding in ways that exacerbate our long-term problems.
War in Iraq will only exacerbate frictions between the country's Sunni minority and Shia majority, and such frictions could well be replicated elsewhere where Sunnis and Shia live side by side.
Great Britain and France will resist being replaced by a single EU seat, while making Germany a permanent member would only exacerbate the problem of Europe's relative over-representation.
In the short term, it is important that monetary policy in the US and Europe vigilantly fight Japanese-style deflation, which would only exacerbate debt problems by lowering incomes relative to debts.
Household balance sheets are weaker. An economic slowdown will exacerbate all our financial problems.
The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September, 2001 and their aftermath may exacerbate tensions not only between pro-Western and anti-Western schools of thought in Africa, but also between Christians and Muslims.
The Gulf impasse will exacerbate the already-fragile situation in the Middle East.
Export restrictions in producing countries and price controls in importing countries both serve to exacerbate the magnitude of the world price upswing, owing to the artificially reduced quantity that is still internationally traded.
For that will only exacerbate the already fragile political and security situation in many of the hardest hit countries.
It is to be expected that these episodes color - and tend to exacerbate - the emotions of the present.
These menaces exacerbate and intensify one another.
So petrodollars exacerbate poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, not cure it.
After all, the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran would most likely exacerbate violent conflict and a nuclear arms race in the region.
Recognizing that continued economic insecurity will exacerbate this perilous situation, the government has announced a new package of economic incentives aimed at attracting foreign direct investment.

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