Definitions for exacerbate

exacerbate ex·ac·er·bate

Spelling: [ig-zas-er-beyt, ek-sas-]
IPA: /ɪgˈzæs ərˌbeɪt, ɛkˈsæs-/

Exacerbate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 256 anagrams from letters in exacerbate (aabceeertx).

Definitions for exacerbate

verb (used with object)

  1. to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate.
  2. to embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate; exasperate.

Origin of exacerbate

1650-60; Latin exacerbātus (past participle of exacerbāre to exasperate, provoke), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + acerbātus acerbate

Examples for exacerbate

To remove all things which may alarm, torment, or exacerbate?

As in the initial park protests, however, the heavy-handed tactics only seemed to exacerbate the conflict.

But instead of taking my edge off, all the wine did was exacerbate my starvation-induced headache.

By bringing in further low skilled immigrants, we'll only exacerbate an existing problem.

In this view, new programs—or greater funding for existing ones—would only exacerbate “dependency.”

They can exacerbate splits within a ruling leadership, foment popular unrest, or expedite a dwindling current account.

It's not for you, and you do but exacerbate the frightful pain there's been in feeling it with them.

They wind up on the streets or in jail, environments that will exacerbate their problems.

Any foreign intervention serves only to exacerbate the situation by increasing the number and intensity of inter-ethnic grudges.

But as machines continue to displace humans in a range of fields, they may exacerbate our structural problems with jobs growth.

Word Value for exacerbate
Scrable

21

Words with friends

23

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