exacerbate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exacerbate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exacerbate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exacerbate v make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate] Antonym(s): ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate exasperate or irritate Synonym(s): exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exacerbate \Exac"erbate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exacerrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exacerrating}.] [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See {Acerbate}.] To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. --Broughman.