exacerbate
verb (used with object)
to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate.
will exacerbate
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future tenseof exacerbate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The bombing of production facilities in the middle of a deep recession and fast-depreciating currency will exacerbate unemployment, particularly among the working class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
"This is only the beginning. Food prices, travel and shipping costs are all going up in April and will exacerbate the pain," she said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Research has shown that warming is intensifying the water cycle, and scientists say this will exacerbate the already volatile swings in California’s hydroclimate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
It might bring a bit less rain than the previous system, but any measurable precipitation will exacerbate the ongoing flooding on rivers up and down the East Coast.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
As for prospects in the 1990s, the addition of nearly 100 million people a year to an already overcrowded globe will exacerbate the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, epidemics, and famine.
From The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
