acerbate | (v) make sour or bitter |
counterbattery fire | (n) fire delivered to neutralize or destroy indirect fire weapon systems |
exacerbate | (v) exasperate or irritate, Syn. aggravate, exasperate |
exacerbation | (n) violent and bitter exasperation |
hyperbaton | (n) reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love') |
verbatim | (adv) using exactly the same words, Syn. word for word |
aggravation | (n) action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse, Syn. exacerbation |
direct | (adj) in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker, Syn. verbatim |
embitter | (v) cause to be bitter or resentful, Syn. envenom, acerbate |
worsen | (v) make worse, Syn. exasperate, exacerbate, aggravate, Ant. better |
Acerbate | v. t. [ L. acerbatus, p. p. of acerbare, fr. acerbus. ] To sour; to imbitter; to irritate. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Exacerbate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exacerbated p. pr. & vb. n. Exacerbating ] [ L. exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See Acerbate. ] To render more violent or bitter; to irritate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ] |
exacerbating | adj. Making worse. Syn. -- aggravating, exasperating. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
Exacerbation | pos>n. [ Cf. F. exacerbation. ] 1. The act of rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Med.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continuous fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Hyperbatic | a. Of or pertaining to an hyperbaton; transposed; inverted. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Hyperbaton | ‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. "ype`rbaton, fr. "yperbato`s transposed, fr. "yperbai`nein to step over; "ype`r over + bai`nein to step. ] (Gram.) A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, “echoed the hills” for “the hills echoed.” [ 1913 Webster ] With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Overbattle | a. [ Over + battle, a. ] Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths. [ Obs. ] “Overbattle grounds.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Verbatim | ‖adv. [ LL., fr. L. verbum word. ] Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it. [ 1913 Webster ] Verbatim et literatim [ LL. ], word for word, and letter for letter. [ 1913 Webster ]
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一字一句 | [いちじいっく, ichijiikku] (n) word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase [Add to Longdo] |
丸写し | [まるうつし, maruutsushi] (n, vs) copying in entirety (verbatim) [Add to Longdo] |
言葉通り;言葉どおり | [ことばどおり, kotobadoori] (n, adj-no) exactly as stated; verbatim [Add to Longdo] |
逐語 | [ちくご, chikugo] (adj-f) (See 逐語訳) word-for-word; verbatim [Add to Longdo] |
逐語的;遂語的(iK) | [ちくごてき, chikugoteki] (adj-na) (See 逐語訳) word-for-word; verbatim [Add to Longdo] |
逐字訳 | [ちくじやく, chikujiyaku] (n) verbatim or literal translation [Add to Longdo] |
募らす | [つのらす, tsunorasu] (v5s) to exacerbate; to exasperate [Add to Longdo] |
亢進;昂進;高進 | [こうしん, koushin] (n, vs) rising; exacerbated; exasperated; accelerated; aggravated [Add to Longdo] |