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The word of the day is ‘exacerbate’.
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is exacerbated.
It means:
1. Infuriate
2. Make worse
3. Make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse
4. Exasperate
1. Hindi – Kharaab karana
2. Spanish – Exacerbar
3. French – Exacerber
4. Mandarin – Jiājù
1. The exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem.
2. He wanted desperately to put his arms around her but knew he’d just exacerbate the situation.
3. Excessive or hard exercise can exacerbate it.
4. Do flood bunds reduce or exacerbate the damage caused by floods?
5. There is better evidence that cannabis use can exacerbate the symptoms of schizophrenia.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
aggravate, annoy, heighten, inflame, intensify, irritate, provoke, worsen, embitter, enrage, envenom, exasperate, excite, increase, madden, vex, add insult to injury, egg on, fan the flames, feed the fire, go from bad to worse, heat up, hit on, push one’s button, rattle one’s cage, rub salt in a wound, make worse, compound, heighten, magnify, amplify, augment, make matters worse, compound the problem, add fuel to the fire/flames, fan the flames, add insult to injury etc.
aid, alleviate, appease, calm, delight, help, improve, make happy, please, soothe, comfort, compose, pacify, placate, calm, reduce
Quotation:
If accessing the Internet becomes more difficult for low-income communities, academic and employment competition may be undermined, and could damage the prospects of upward mobility for low-income New Yorkers and further exacerbate income inequality.
Letitia James
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