English > exacerbate: 2 senses > verb 1, change| Meaning | make worse. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | worsen, aggravate, exasperate |
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| Narrower | degrade, cheapen | Lower the grade of something |
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| inflame | Cause inflammation in |
| irritate | excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Opposite | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
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| Spanish | agravar, empeorar, exacerbar, exasperar, recrudecer |
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| Catalan | agreujar-se, agreujar, aguditzar-se, empitjorar, endanyar, endenyar, engrevir, exacerbar, exasperar |
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| Nouns | exacerbation | action / action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms / symptoms) worse |
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