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exacerbatory

exacerbatory adjective: serving to exacerbate.

Adjective

exacerbatory (comparative more exacerbatory, superlative most exacerbatory)

  1. serving to exacerbate
    Synonyms:
    exacerbative

Synonyms of exacerbatory

Forms of exacerbatory

comparativemore exacerbatory
superlativemost exacerbatory

Origin of exacerbatory

From exacerbate + -ory.

Questions about exacerbatory

What does exacerbatory mean?
Exacerbatory means serving to exacerbate.
What part of speech is exacerbatory?
Exacerbatory is an adjective.

Words near exacerbatory in the dictionary

  1. exacerbation
  2. exacerbations
  3. exacerbative
  4. exacerbator
  5. exacerbators
  6. exacerbatory
  7. exacerbescence
  8. exacervation
  9. exackly
  10. exact
  11. exact change

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