verschärfen meaning and definition in german
Verb
Frequency: 
third-person singular simple present verschärft, past tense verschärfte, past participle verschärft, auxiliary haben
- To tighten
- To aggravate, exacerbate
Example
Wenn die Nichterfüllung dieser Laune ihr auch die Seligkeit des Wiedersehns nicht weiter trübte, so verschärfte sie doch zweifellos die Bitterkeit der Trennung.It was Justin who had inspired her with this whim, by begging her to take him into her service as valet-de-chambre *, and if the privation of it did not lessen the pleasure of her arrival at each rendezvous, it certainly augmented the bitterness of the return.OP383317