exacerbate

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Infinitive
to exacerbate

Third person singular
exacerbates

Simple past
exacerbated

Past participle
exacerbated

Present participle
exacerbating

to exacerbate (third-person singular simple present exacerbates, present participle exacerbating, simple past and past participle exacerbated)

  1. To irritate.
  2. To make (pain, anger, etc.) worse; aggravate.
    The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems.

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to irritate
to make worse
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