Synonyms for exacerbate
ɪgˈzæs ərˌbeɪt, ɛkˈsæs-ex·ac·er·bate

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1. worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperateverb

   make worse

   "This drug aggravates the pain"

   Synonyms:
   infuriate, incense, worsen, decline, exasperate, aggravate

2. exacerbate, exasperate, aggravateverb

   exasperate or irritate

   Synonyms:
   infuriate, incense, worsen, exasperate, aggravate

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1. exacerbateverb

   Synonyms:
   irritate, exasperate, provoke, imbitter, inflame, excite, infuriate

2. exacerbateverb

   Synonyms:
   aggravate, heighten, increase

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1. List of paraphrases for "exacerbate":

   aggravate, worsen, inflame, exacerbates, escalate, exacerbated, deepen, heighten, accentuate, compound, aggravates

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1. Daniel Ang:

   Oil-exporting countries such as Malaysia may have diminished government revenues from falling energy prices and this could exacerbate their debt issues, if prices do continue to fall and persist for a long time ... oil rig developments could be re-evaluated if the cost for extraction continues to exceed the cost per barrel.

2. Simon Mitchell:

   We need to be conscious in short-term not to exacerbate stress of the families in the first days.

3. Daniel Swain:

   This [storm] is going to bring a whole litany of concerns that are probably greater than we had initially anticipated a few days ago, frankly, even widespread moderate rain at this point is going to exacerbate flood conditions in some places — so not the best news.

4. Ryan Maue:

   This blizzard will further exacerbate flooding in Nebraska with the added insult of heavy snowfall to eventually melt.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   There is a disparity in access to capital in our country. We do not want this tragedy of a coronavirus to exacerbate that disparity or to ossify it, to solidify it.