| exacerbate | | |
| v. (change) | 1. aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen | make worse.; "This drug aggravates the pain" |
| ~ irritate | excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame.; "Aspirin irritates my stomach" |
| ~ inflame | cause inflammation in.; "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ cheapen, degrade | lower the grade of something; reduce its worth. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate | exasperate or irritate. |
| ~ anger | make angry.; "The news angered him" |
| mortally | | |
| adv. | 1. mortally | in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.).; "a being of whom the forest Indians are said to be mortally afraid, with a hoof shaped like the heel of a bottle" |
| acute | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. acute, acute accent, ague | a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. |
| ~ accent mark, accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation. |
| adj. | 2. acute | having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course.; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients" |
| ~ medical specialty, medicine | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques. |
| ~ subacute | less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it. |
| adj. | 3. acute, intense | extremely sharp or intense.; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" |
| ~ sharp | keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point.; "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds" |
| adj. | 4. acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp | having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" |
| ~ perceptive | having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment.; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation" |
| adj. | 5. acute | of an angle; less than 90 degrees. |
| adj. | 6. acuate, acute, needlelike, sharp | ending in a sharp point. |
| ~ pointed | having a point. |
| adj. | 7. acute | of critical importance and consequence.; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds" |
| ~ critical | being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency.; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage" |
| grave | | |
| n. (time) | 1. grave | death of a person.; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave" |
| ~ demise, dying, death | the time when something ends.; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. grave, tomb | a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).; "he put flowers on his mother's grave" |
| ~ burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture | a chamber that is used as a grave. |
| ~ gravestone, tombstone, headstone | a stone that is used to mark a grave. |
| ~ mastaba, mastabah | an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof.; "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba" |
| ~ place, spot, topographic point | a point located with respect to surface features of some region.; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" |
| n. (communication) | 3. grave, grave accent | a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. |
| ~ accent mark, accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation. |
| v. (contact) | 4. grave, sculpt, sculpture | shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it.; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" |
| ~ carve | form by carving.; "Carve a flower from the ice" |
| ~ sculpt, sculpture | create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material.; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" |
| v. (contact) | 5. engrave, grave, inscribe, scratch | carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface.; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" |
| ~ chip at, carve | engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface.; "carve one's name into the bark" |
| ~ engrave, etch | carve or cut a design or letters into.; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" |
| ~ character | engrave or inscribe characters on. |
| adj. | 6. grave, sedate, sober, solemn | dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises.; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" |
| ~ serious | concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities.; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!" |
| adj. | 7. dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe | causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" |
| ~ critical | being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency.; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage" |
| adj. | 8. grave, grievous, heavy, weighty | of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought.; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" |
| ~ important, of import | of great significance or value.; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
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