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exacerbate
/ɪɡˈzasəbeɪt,ɛkˈsasəbeɪt/
verb
verb: exacerbate; 3rd person present: exacerbates; past tense: exacerbated; past participle: exacerbated; gerund or present participle: exacerbating
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make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
“the exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem”
Origin
mid 17th century: from Latin exacerbat- ‘made harsh’, from the verb exacerbare, from ex- (expressing inducement of a state) + acerbus ‘harsh, bitter’.
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