'Exacerbating' definitions:
Definition of 'exacerbating'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Making worse [syn: aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating]
Definition of 'Exacerbating'
From: GCIDE
- Exacerbate \Ex*ac"er*bate\ ([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]t; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacerbated ([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Exacerbating ([e^]gz*[a^]s"[~e]r*b[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See Acerbate.] To render more violent or bitter; to irritate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. --Brougham. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'exacerbating'
From: GCIDE
- 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]