exacerbate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make worse
This drug aggravates the pain
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- improve antonym
- worsening derivation
- exacerbation derivation
Sense 2 verb
exasperate or irritate
Types & categories
- anger hypernym
Related & opposite
- exasperation derivation
- provocation derivation
- exacerbation derivation
- aggravation derivation
- aggravator derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | improve |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | worsening |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | exacerbation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | irritate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inflame |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheapen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exasperation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | provocation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exacerbation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggravation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggravator |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | anger |