exacerbate

pahentaa, vaikeuttaa

katkeroittaa, ärsyttää puhekieltä To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.); aggravate.

The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems.

The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.