exacerbatev.
/ɛɡˈzasəbeɪt//ɛkˈsasəbeɪt/ 1. transitive. To increase the smart of (a pain), the virulence of (disease), the bitterness of (feeling, speech, etc.); to embitter, aggravate. Also, to embitter or sour the feelings of (a person); to irritate, provoke.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > make more severe [verb (transitive)]
gregge1340
aggrievea1425
aggravec1475
aggregec1540
aggravate1576
inflame1607
exasperate1611
to set forward(s)1611
exacerbate1660
sharpen1768
nettle1821
compound1961
the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > exacerbation of suffering > exacerbate suffering [verb (transitive)]
sauce?1518
exasperate1561
aggravate1576
inasperate1592
to set forward1611
exacerbate1660
aggregea1678
sharpen1768
embitter1781
nettle1821
exaggerate1850
1660 Hist. Wars Scot. under Montrose App. 206 The Ministers never ceased to exacerbate his misery.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.
1818 Art of preserving Feet 11 The radical cause of the complaint is often attributed to that which..merely exacerbates the pain.
1845 E. A. Poe Gold-bug in Tales 5 I thought it prudent not to exacerbate the growing moodiness of his temper.
1859 C. M. Yonge Cameos liii, in Monthly Packet Sept. 231 Exacerbated by disappointment..he had let loose his rage and passion.
1876 J. Weiss Wit, Humor, & Shakespeare vii. 243 A woman's language becomes exacerbated because she is so inadequate to protest by actions.
2. intransitive for reflexive.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > be painful [verb (intransitive)] > become more painful
exacerbate1837
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > become more severe [verb (intransitive)]
exacerbate1837
the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > exacerbation of suffering > exacerbate suffering [verb (intransitive)]
amaricate1651
exacerbate1837
to pile it on1839
to rub salt in one's wounds1944
1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 410/1 The feverish symptoms disappear or remit soon to recur or exacerbate.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. v. 235 The sour doubting humour has had leave to accumulate and exacerbate.
Derivatives
eˈxacerbated adj.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective]
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agrameda1300
irk1303
overthoughta1325
aggrievedc1330
annoyedc1330
noyfula1387
teena1400
vexed?c1425
annoyousa1450
angry1485
noyeda1500
irked1513
engrieved1591
exulceratec1592
galled1601
incommodate1622
exulcerated1640
ruffled1659
uncommoded1683
chagrin1706
exacerbated1727
chagrineda1754
vexatious1756
discommoded1773
pipped1797
roiled1818
riled1825
outraged1836
put-out1836
vex1843
niggled1878
narked1888
hacked1892
wired1904
peeved1908
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [adjective] > increased or increasing in severity
exacerbated1727
ingravescent1822
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective] > making more severe > made more severe
exasperated1611
aggravated1631
exacerbated1727
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Exacerbated,..provoked or vexed afresh.
1804 Miniature No. I. (1806) I. 6 The ponderous dignity of the Rambler would, with ‘exacerbated’ severity, lament the sad degeneracy of the present day, etc.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxvi. 326 The disease had come back with renewed and even exacerbated virulence.
1857 G. Gilfillan in Waller & Denham's Poems 208 Butler, then a disappointed and exacerbated man, was malignant enough to lampoon him for lunacy.
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