Exacerbating

You're only exacerbating the situation.

The Nationalist movements in both countries have been exacerbating the problem.

Tom sought his friends' advice about where to vacation, exacerbating his indecision about vacationing at all.

It may also have the opposite effect, providing lubrication to moving glaciers and exacerbating ice velocity and calving, increasing the mass of ice loss to the global ocean.

You are not only exacerbating the problems faced by LGBTQ people, but also by child sexual abuse victims.

Without electricity, the ability to save lives is severely limited, exacerbating the crisis.