What does exacerbating mean?

exacerbating means "making worse".

How many syllables are in exacerbating?

exacerbating has 5 syllables: ex-ac-er-ba-ting. The stress falls on "ac". In IPA it is /ɪɡˈzæsɚˌbeɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for exacerbating?

Close synonyms include aggravating, exasperating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exacerbating a common word?

exacerbating is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with exacerbating?

1 word rhymes with exacerbating. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Exacerbating — meaning and pronunciation

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
making worse
Synonymsaggravating exasperating
Similarintensifying

Questions about exacerbating

What does exacerbating mean?: exacerbating means "making worse".
How many syllables are in exacerbating?: exacerbating has 5 syllables: ex-ac-er-ba-ting. The stress falls on "ac". In IPA it is /ɪɡˈzæsɚˌbeɪtɪŋ/.
What is another word for exacerbating?: Close synonyms include aggravating, exasperating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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