Inflected forms: ex·ac·er·bat·ed, ex·ac·er·bat·ing, ex·ac·er·bates To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate: a speech that exacerbated racial tensions; a heavy rainfall that exacerbated the flood problems.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin exacerbre, exacerbt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex– + acerbre, to make harsh (from acerbus, harsh; see ak- in Appendix I).
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