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exacerbated

exacerbated is the simple past and past participle of exacerbate.

Meaning of exacerbate

Verb

exacerbate (third-person singular simple present exacerbates, present participle exacerbating, simple past and past participle exacerbated)

  1. (transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
    • Near-synonym: worsen
    Synonyms:
    aggravate, worsen

Words formed from exacerbated

Questions about exacerbated

What is exacerbated the simple past and past participle of?
Exacerbated is the simple past and past participle of exacerbate.

Words near exacerbated in the dictionary

  1. exabit
  2. exabits
  3. exabyte
  4. exabytes
  5. exacerbate
  6. exacerbated
  7. exacerbates
  8. exacerbating
  9. exacerbatingly
  10. exacerbation
  11. exacerbations

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