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exacerbated


Meanings
  • Verb

    To make worse; aggravate.

    - "His condition was exacerbated by the long journey."
    - "Stress can exacerbate existing health problems."
  • Verb

    To make more intense or severe.

    - "The noise of the traffic exacerbated her anxiety."
    - "Anger can exacerbate a conflict."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with exacerbated
abated , concentrated , debated , frustrated , graduated , incubated , jubilated , medicated , procrastinated , subjugated
Variants
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exacerbate , exacerbated , exacerbates , exacerbating , exacerbation , exacerbations
Etymology
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From Latin exacerbare, from ex- 'out' + acer 'sharp, bitter'.


Trivia
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  1. Exacerbated is a 13-letter word.

  2. The longest word in English that can be formed using the letters in the word 'exacerbated' is 'determinability'.


Related Concepts
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  1. Aggravation: The act or process of making something worse; an increase in severity.

  2. Provocation: An action or statement that provokes or incites a reaction, often making a situation worse.


Quotes
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  1. … the sway that pack journalism holds on the Beltway press corps persists. The Crowd is never so influential as in the ever-lengthening season of presidential campaigns. The feverish obsessions of the blogosphere have only "exacerbated" the phenomenon: Now the herd just turns faster in pursuit of some ginned-up "controversy" or faux scandal.

    - {it}Editor & Publisher{/it},April 2007
  2. The declining retirement security faced by growing numbers of Americans is being "exacerbated" by increasing longevity and quickly rising health care costs.

    - Jeff Madrick,{it}New York Review of Books{/it},20 Mar. 2008

Culture
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Exacerbated has been used extensively in literature and art to depict the worsening of situations or emotions. For instance, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth's guilt is exacerbated by her past actions, leading to her madness and eventual suicide.

How to Memorize "exacerbated"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a situation where something is getting worse and you're making it worse unintentionally. Visualize the emotions and reactions associated with that situation.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'exacerbated' with the idea of making something worse or intensifying a situation or emotion.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'E' for 'Exacerbate' and 'M' for 'Make'.


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