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Exacerbates

To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.); aggravate; exasperate.

📖 Definitions of "Exacerbates"

verb

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To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.); aggravate; exasperate.
"The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Exacerbates"

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Word	Definition
aggravateverb	(by extension) To make (any bad thing) worse.
exasperateverb	(transitive) To tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.
worsenverb	(intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.
accentsnoun	(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
accentuatesverb	(transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
addsverb	(transitive) To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
aggravatesverb	(by extension) To make (any bad thing) worse.
amplifiesverb	(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
augmentsverb	(transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
boostsverb	(transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
compoundsnoun	Anything made by combining several things.
contributesverb	(ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
deepensverb	(transitive) To make deep or deeper
deterioratesverb	(intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
enhancesverb	To augment or make something greater.
escalatesverb	(ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
fostersverb	(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
heightensverb	To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
increasesverb	(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
intensifiesverb	The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.