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Exacerbate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Exacerbate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

make worse

"This drug aggravates the pain"

2

exasperate or irritate

3

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

See Also
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Related Terms
Antonyms
improve
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change anger
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
irritate inflame degrade
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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