Exacerbating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exacerbate \Ex*ac"er*bate\ ([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]t; 277), v.
     t. [imp. & p. p. {Exacerbated}
     ([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Exacerbating} ([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L.
     exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) +
     acerbare. See {Acerbate}.]


     To render more violent or bitter; to irritate; to exasperate;
     to imbitter, as passions or disease. --Brougham.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  exacerbating \ex*ac"er*ba`ting\
     ([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]`t[i^]ng), adj.
     Making worse.
  
     Syn: aggravating, exasperating.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exacerbating
       adj : making worse [syn: {aggravating}, {exasperating}]