You're only exacerbating the situation.
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Exacerbating
Synonyms for "exacerbating" (15 found)
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16 entriesaggravationconditioning factorcontributory factorescalatingescalationheighteningintensifyingparticipial adjectivepresent participleprogressive worseningrapid deteriorationrisk factorseverity increasetriggering factorverbal modifierworsening
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13 entriesexacerbating circumstanceexacerbating circumstancesexacerbating conditionexacerbating conditionsexacerbating effectexacerbating effectsexacerbating factorexacerbating factorsexacerbating influenceexacerbating problemexacerbating symptomsexacerbating tensionsexacerbating trend
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The Nationalist movements in both countries have been exacerbating the problem.
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Tom sought his friends' advice about where to vacation, exacerbating his indecision about vacationing at all.
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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.
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