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    ACERBATE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they acerbate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it acerbates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: acerbated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: acerbated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: acerbating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Make sour or bitterplay

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "acerbate" is one way to...):

    alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    acerbity (a sharp sour taste)

    acerbity (a sharp bitterness)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Cause to be bitter or resentfulplay

    Example:

    These injustices embittered her even more

    Synonyms:

    acerbate; embitter; envenom

    Classified under:

    Verbs of feeling

    Cause:

    resent (feel bitter or indignant about)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    acerbity (a rough and bitter manner)

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