exacerbate

/ษชษกหˆzรฆsษšหŒbeษชt/

IPA: /IH0 G Z AE1 S ER0 B EY0 T/

verb
  1. 1

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

    โ€œThe proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems.โ€

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