Vocabulary
Exacerbated
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse
Urdu meaning
مرض میں شدت پیدا کرنا، مشتعل کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
-
Talk about poorly designed career paths.Recent policy changes in teacher career paths have exacerbated the issue further.
Dawn Editorials —
Teachers` career path
— 2026-04-24
-
From the sediment starvation of the Indus delta to the repeated flooding exacerbated by embankments and canal congestion, dams like Tarbela and Mangla have reshaped hydrological rhythms while displacing communities and degrading ecosystems.
Dawn Editorials —
Dams & colonialism
— 2026-04-19
-
The current oil price surge, exacerbated by disruptions in global supply routes, has merely exposed these underlying vulnerabilities.
Dawn Editorials —
IMF and subsidy
— 2026-04-07
-
The transition towards domestic sources of electricity has, in fact, exacerbated these issues.
Dawn Editorials —
Power self-reliance
— 2026-03-16
-
The strategy to assuage a problem exacerbated by the West is for countries to join hands to improve standards of living, reduce strife in poor regions and formulate policies for the rights of migrants and refugees.
Dawn Editorials —
Migrant crisis
— 2026-03-02
Synonyms
aggravate, make worse, worsen, inflame
More vocabulary to explore
About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
so you can see tone and usage.
Common questions
- Do I need to sign up to use this vocabulary page?
- No. Word pages are open to everyone. You can read meanings in English and Urdu, synonyms and antonyms, and example sentences without creating an account.
- Where do the example sentences come from?
- When available, example sentences are drawn from cached matches in our Dawn editorial corpus so you can see how a word is used in real newsroom-style prose.
- How is this different from a dictionary?
- This section is curated for students preparing for competitive exams and editorial reading. Entries are compact, often include Urdu glosses, and are paired with in-context lines from editorials when we have them.
