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exacerbated
[ ig-zas-er-bey-tid, ek-sas- ]
adjective
- made worse, more severe, or more bitter; aggravated:
The Economic Policy Institute recently released a study showing evidence of an exacerbated income gap between rich and poor.
- feeling or showing embitterment, irritation, or exasperation:
With an exacerbated huff, the gunslinger hauled a second revolver from his shoulder, training its barrel on the captain.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of exacerbate ( def ).
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ····· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of exacerbated1
Example Sentences
He told me that the problems in his area had been exacerbated by people from elsewhere bringing their rubbish into poorer inner-city areas to get rid of it.
Most of those departures were a steady stream of retirements, exacerbated by a spike in resignations that year.
One Virginia facility, for example, experienced a mumps outbreak in 2019, which the organization says was exacerbated by unsafe and overcrowded conditions.
The tensions were only exacerbated by the often-petty rivalries between the CIA and FBI that eroded coordination and prompted most leaders to miss the attacks as they were being planned and executed.
The region has also experienced outbreaks of malaria, exacerbated by the floods which leave pockets of standing water that act as breeding grounds for the mosquitos that carry the disease.
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