The Only Use of
exacerbate
in
Harry Potter (#4) and the Goblet of Fire
- It was plain that the Hufflepuffs felt that Harry had stolen their champion's glory; a feeling exacerbated, perhaps, by the fact that Hufflepuff House very rarely got any glory, and that Cedric was one of the few who had ever given them any, having beaten Gryffindor once at Quidditch.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(exacerbate) to make a bad thing worse