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Exacerbated vs Exacerbates - What's the difference?

exacerbated | exacerbates |

As verbs the difference between exacerbated and exacerbates

is that exacerbated is (exacerbate) while exacerbates is .

exacerbated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (exacerbate)

    • exacerbate

    English

    Verb

    (exacerbat)
  • To make worse (pain, anger, etc.); aggravate.
    • The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems.
  • * 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]
    • The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.

    Derived terms

    * exacerbatingly * exacerbation

    See also

    * exasperate ----

    exacerbates

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (exacerbate)