# exacerbate

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** C1 (Advanced)
- **Part of speech:** verb
- **Pronunciation:** /ɪɡˈzæsəbeɪt/
- **English:** to make a bad situation worse
- **Persian:** تشدید کردن

## Example

> Stress can exacerbate the symptoms.
> استرس می‌تواند علائم را تشدید کند.

## Word forms

- noun: exacerbation

## Synonyms

worsen, aggravate

## Opposites

alleviate

## Common phrases

- exacerbate the problem
- further exacerbate
- exacerbate tensions

## Related words

- [alleviate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/alleviate): to make pain, suffering or a problem less severe (C2)
- [deteriorate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/deteriorate): to become worse (C1)
- [diminish](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/diminish): to become smaller or less important (C1)
- [fluctuate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/fluctuate): to change often, rising and falling (C1)
- [mitigate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/mitigate): to make something less harmful or serious (C1)
- [obsolete](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/obsolete): no longer used because something newer exists (C1)
- [reinforce](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/reinforce): to make something stronger (C1)
- [stimulate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/stimulate): to make something develop or become more active (C1)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/exacerbate