Acerbating

At the very least, Bober must be shamed into modifying his crass take-no-prisoners approach to a problem that the Center did not create and which he is continuously and knowingly acerbating. ❋ Menachem Rosensaft (2012)

But the impact was one in which the severe deterioration in the terms of trade, the impact on African economies, the slowdown in the global economy were acerbating and exaggerated. ❋ Unknown (2001)

At first they were both extremely angry, acerbating each other's wrath. ❋ Unknown (1993)

That wheezy bugle called her to the outposts of the world; to a life of incessant acerbating change, where there was no certainty, no stability, no sweet home peace, or that proud fixity of tenure that is the heritage of those who own the land on which they live. ❋ Unknown (1898)

Lord Palmerston, too, was a typical example of a leader lulling, rather than arousing, assuaging rather than acerbating the minds of his followers. ❋ Walter Bagehot (1851)

Greatly acerbating the split between the two leaders, in September Prime Minister Tymoshenko successfully sponsored a measure in the Ukrainian parliament that diluted the powers of Yushchenko's presidency. ❋ Unknown (2008)

At first they were both extremely angry, acerbating each other’s wrath. ❋ Unknown (2004)

....... is the process of improving the situation acerbating it? ❋ Unknown (2009)