exacerbate

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verb

1. make worse (Freq. 2)
- This drug aggravates the pain
• Syn:
worsen, aggravate, exasperate
• Ant:
better (for: worsen)
• Derivationally related forms:
exacerbation, aggravation (for: aggravate), worsening (for: worsen)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
irritate, inflame, degrade, cheapen
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. exasperate or irritate
• Syn:
exasperate, aggravate
• Derivationally related forms:
aggravation (for: aggravate), aggravator (for: aggravate), exasperation (for: exasperate), exacerbation
• Hypernyms:
anger
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  exasperate, aggravate, worsen
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate