- exacerbating
- 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
exacerbating
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