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to exacerbate
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to make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse or more severe
Transitive: to exacerbate a problem or situation
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
exacerbate
3rd person singular
exacerbates
Present participle
exacerbating
Past simple
exacerbated
Past participle
exacerbated
Examples
Ignoring the issue can exacerbate the problems in the long run.
Lexical Tree
exacerbating
exacerbation
exacerbate
