Dictionary
is exacerbate
verb
To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.); aggravate.
synonyms
Exact(5)
It has affected people's mental health and what it it seems to do is exacerbate people's existing conditions".
All Facebook and Twitter do, with their short, sharp updates on what you're thinking Right Now, is exacerbate that trend.
So the politics of using someone's colour does not help these people feel comfortable; all it does is exacerbate imaginary divides.
What it surely will do is exacerbate tensions across Afghanistan, especially in the non-Pashtun areas where Taliban activity is rising.
The last thing that the US should do is exacerbate those tensions in a shortsighted bid to pressure Iran.
Similar(54)
This is exacerbating antibiotic resistance.
This situation is exacerbated by afternoon napping.
This is exacerbating our unemployment problem.
This pedagogical understretch is exacerbating social inequalities.
She says early marriage is exacerbating poverty.
This is exacerbated by any drop".
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