# 加剧

- **Language:** Chinese
- **Level:** HSK 6 (Advanced)
- **Part of speech:** verb
- **Pronunciation:** jiājù
- **English:** exacerbate
- **Persian:** تشدید کردن
- **Definition:** To make a bad situation worse.

## Example

> 压力会加剧症状。
> Stress can exacerbate the symptoms.
> استرس می‌تواند علائم را تشدید کند.

## Opposites

减轻

## Common phrases

- 加剧问题
- 进一步加剧
- 加剧紧张

## Related words

- [减轻](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/chinese/jianqing): alleviate (HSK 7-9)
- [恶化](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/chinese/ehua): deteriorate (HSK 6)
- [减弱](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/chinese/jianruo): diminish (HSK 6)
- [波动](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/chinese/bodong): fluctuate (HSK 6)
- [缓解](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/chinese/huanjie): mitigate (HSK 6)
- [过时](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/chinese/guoshi): obsolete (HSK 6)
- [加强](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/chinese/jiaqiang): reinforce (HSK 6)
- [刺激](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/chinese/ciji): stimulate (HSK 6)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/chinese/jiaju