Today's word is...

Since yesterday's word was abate, I decided to use a related word (an antonym of abate): Exacerbate.
It is a word that I have been coming across more and more and I know what it means, but I have not yet been sure enough with myself to use it in speech,

Exacerbate:
–verb (used with object), -bat·ed, -bat·ing.

1.

to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease,ill feeling, etc.); aggravate.

2.

to embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate; exasperate.

For more information on the usage and meaning of exacerbate, please visit

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Now, I will attempt to compose a Twister (a very short, often one sentence story that is posted on Twitter) using the word exacerbate.  


I hope you will surprise me with your own maximum 140 character Twister (inspired by fellow Twitter Arjun Basu).

The loss of her one true friend exacerbated the depression that had started the day she had discovered that her friend's disease was terminal.

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