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“Exasperate” vs. “Exacerbate”: Quick Summary. Exasperate is a verb that means “to irritate, frustrate, or annoy,” whereas exacerbate means to “make something worse.” He likes to exasperate me by asking silly questions. I warned her she would exacerbate her sadness if she went through the old photos.
The meaning of EXACERBATE is to make more violent, bitter, or severe. How to use exacerbate in a sentence. Did you know? Exacerbate vs. Exasperate
Definition of exacerbate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Everyone hereabouts knows the situation; we all avoid doing anything to exacerbate it.
exacerbate. verb [ T ] uk/ɪɡˈzæsəbeɪt/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. to make something worse: Sunny weather exacerbates the effects of pollution. (Definition of exacerbate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Exacerbate is used when describing a situation and refers to making an already bad situation worse. Exasperate refers to the emotional state of a person. Examples. The unrest that quickly escalated in Charlotte could be repeated in any U.S. city, and the N.C. law that took effect Saturday will only exacerbate future events. (The Charlotte Observer)
21 mar 2017 · exacerbate. verb. Definition of exacerbate. Synonyms for exacerbate. His angry comments have exacerbated tensions in the negotiation process. The proposed factory shutdown would only exacerbate our unemployment problems. This exacerbated the split, on and off the bench, between left and right. — John A. Farrell, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2017.
