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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

exacerbating

Part of Speechverb

To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.); aggravate; exasperate.

In a Sentence

“The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

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Synonyms

exasperatingintensifyingaggravating

Antonyms

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Related Words

worseningdeterioratingtighteningdeepeninghastening

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