Exacerbate v. t. (past & past part. exacerbated; pres. part. exacerbating) To render more violent or bitter; to irritate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease.
... season, and I fancy there was some mistrust and exasperation against him already, for he was incompetent, and grew more averse to consulting me when his knowledge was at fault. I need not blame him. Everyone at home knows that I do not always make myself agreeable, and I had enough to exacerbate me, with my child pining in the unhealthy climate, and my father's precious secret used with the rough ignorance of an empiric. I knew enough of the case of this Annie Field to be sure that there were features in it which would make that form of treatment dangerous. I tried to make him ... — Magnum Bonum • Charlotte M. Yonge Read full book for free!
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