Stephen Tonkin Wrote:
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> Although I thought the usage of the word is a tad
> odd (but who am I to decide how those north of the
> border should use words form the English
> language?), I took the phrase "exasperates the
> effects" to be intended to mean "gets in the way
> of" or "confounds" the effects. Having just looked
> at my dictionary, I now see that there is a usage
> of the word which means "to increase the intensity
> of".
>
> In other words, Stephanie is right (as was DaveL
> in his original usage) and I was wrong.

No, I disagree, Stephen!

"exacerbate, exasperate Sometimes confused or misused. To exacerbate is "to make a bad situation worse, to aggravate the situation." To exasperate is "to greatly irritate or annoy another person." See aggravate."

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