Exacerbate
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

RASP
A coarse file with sharp pointed projections

WHET
Make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"

SOUR
Having a sharp biting taste

HURT
The act of damaging something or someone

HARM
The act of damaging something or someone

GRIT
Fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"

GALL
The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

FUEL
Provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

FRET
A small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch

5 letters

KEYUP

HOTUP
Make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"

HOPUP
Make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"

GRATE
A frame of iron bars to hold a fire

CHAFE
Anger produced by some annoying irritation

ANNOY
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

6 letters

WEAKEN
Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"

STEPUP
Make oneself visible; take action; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers"

SOUPUP
Make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"

TRIPLE
A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base

RAMIFY
Have or develop complicating consequences; "These actions will ramify"

MADDEN
Cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

JAZZUP
Make more interesting or lively; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper"

INJURE
Cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"

GRAVEL
Rock fragments and pebbles

IMPAIR
Make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"

HEATUP
Make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"

DOUBLE
A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"

DEEPEN
Become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"

DAMAGE
Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

BLOWUP
A photographic print that has been enlarged

BITTER
The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

BEEFUP
Make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

WORSEN
Grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

7 letters

INFLAME
Cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"

HIGHTEN

SHARPEN
Make crisp or more crisp and precise; "We had to sharpen our arguments"

PUTBACK
Cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

PROVOKE
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

MAGNIFY
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

GRATEON

ENVENOM
Cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

ENLARGE
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

ENHANCE
Increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"

BUILDUP
Change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"

AUGMENT
Enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"

AMPLIFY
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

8 letters

HEIGHTEN
Increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

ESTRANGE
Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

EMBITTER
Cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

ENDAMAGE

CONDENSE
Develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material"

COMPOUND
An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)

ALIENATE
Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

ACERBATE
Make sour or bitter

REDOUBLE
Double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled"

IRRITATE
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

INCREASE
The act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"

9 letters

SETONEDGE

SETATODDS

REINFORCE
Make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"

MAKEWORSE

MAKEACUTE

INTENSIFY
Increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

INFURIATE
Make furious

AGGRAVATE
Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

10 letters

EXASPERATE
Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

STRENGTHEN
Gain strength; "His body strengthened"

SETAGAINST

COMPLICATE
Make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"

EXAGGERATE
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

EXACERBATE
Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

DILAPIDATE
Fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"

ANTAGONIZE
Provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"

ACCELERATE
Cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"

11 letters

MAKECOMPLEX

FEEDTHEFIRE

DETERIORATE
Grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

CONCENTRATE
A concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

CONSOLIDATE
Make firm or secure; strengthen; "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"

14 letters

RUBTHEWRONGWAY

16 letters

AGENTPROVOCATEUR
A secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts