compounded

verb adjective

Stress: second syllable

Syllables: com-pound-ed (3)

English Definition

Made worse by adding to, or mixed together

Example Sentence

His wrong decision compounded the problem.

US IPA /kəmˈpaʊndɪd/

UK IPA /kəmˈpaʊndɪd/

aggravated intensified magnified mixed combined

simplified alleviated separated