Word for the Day: exacerbate

[Louis Foxwell]

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

(exacerbate)

hear it pronounced

verb

verb ex·ac·er·bate \ig-ˈza-sər-ˌbāt\

: to make (a bad situation, a problem, etc.) worse

exacerbate verb ex·ac·er·bate \ig-ˈza-sər-ˌbāt\

: to make (a bad situation, a problem, etc.) worse

forms: ex·ac·er·bat·ed ex·ac·er·bat·ing

Full Definition of EXACERBATE transitive verb : to make more violent, bitter, or severe

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

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[Louis Foxwell]

I have a tendency to worsen a bad situation by trying to talk my way out of it, a sure fire formula for exacerbating the problem.

[Louis Foxwell]

Here is tomorrow’s word today. Awards will be granted beginning at or about 9AM Wed. Enjoy the fracas.

[Red Badger]

I exacerbate at least every other day, usually in the shower...

[left that other site]

The misery I suffered with my sprained ankle was exacerbated by 9 hours of teaching difficult children, topped off by being stung by a venomous insect.

I am now waiting to see if i need to go either to the ER or just stay on FR.

[hoosiermama]

Hillary is exacerbating her precarious candidacy by failing to tell the truth about her personal server

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Makes me think of these passages:

Proverbs 21:9 It is better to live in a corner of a roof, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 27:15-16 A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike; vs.16 He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.

Proverbs 21:19 It is better to live in a desert land, Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

Proverbs 25:24 It is better to live in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Anything you might say to her would only exacerbate the problem, according to Proverbs 27:16.

[Bon mots]

I know that if you exacerbate you can grow hair on your palms.

[yarddog]

What Obama does to any situation where the US is involved and there are problems.

[Sasparilla]

Obama’s pro Muslim stances only exacerbate the Islamic terrorist problems.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Posters who conflate transitive verbs with the habits of pervs are exacerbating the decline of the English language.

[Louis Foxwell]

Getting late in the day to drive to the ER. What kind of bug got you?

[left that other site]

Some kind of evil bee that got into my car. I got the stinger out, and dashed the thing to the ground, and smashed it to a pulp with my cane.

The remains were unrecognizable.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Bill Clinton liked to exacerbate - a lot.

[Redcitizen]

Your situation would not be exacerbated if you had a smartphone to surf FR while at the ER.

[Rodamala]

Hearing Ødingo’s voice on a television set or radio, not only exaberates my high blood pressure, but triggers my Tourette’s syndrome responses.

[left that other site]

FR at the ER will get you far! :-)

[xsmommy]

I received Anne Graham Lotz emails a few months back, entitled "MayDay, MayDay, a call to prayer", sharing her message that she feels the end is near. Was very distressed to see this AM that her husband was found nonresponsive in the family pool. Every day things seem to pick up speed, and this feeling of the end being near crosses all denominational lines.

[xsmommy]

and I forgot to use the word in my homework: I imagine that the loss of her husband has exacerbated Anne Lotz’ feelings of the end approaching.

[Robert A Cook PE]

(exacerbate) ...

Hmmn. Do rounded parenthesis around the word exacerbate the appearance of a exasserbated word? (Or, as an observer may phrase the question, “Do these parenthesis exassberte my word of the day?”)

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

As Barack and his socialists incubate
Our country; they only exacerbate
Economic recession
Becomes a depression
If only his dad had been celibate