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'Exacerbate' means to make a situation worse or to irritate a person, so it does not fit. To make another person look guilty is to 'frame' him.
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| #3 (permalink) Fri May 29, 2009 0:34 am word for action |
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| Mister Micawber wrote: |
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'Exacerbate' means to make a situation worse or to irritate a person, so it does not fit. To make another person look guilty is to 'frame' him.
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Isn't "Frame" more like to make person guilty when he/she is innocent? What I meant was that, a person is already guilty for something and the other one make him look like more guilty than he already is. For example, suppose, I didn't finish my work and I'm giving excuses to my boss for that. My co-worker, who is standing nearby, join in and tell my boss that I was spending too much time in lunch room and that's the true reason behind this. The reason from both of us can be true as well as a lie. I'm looking for a word that can be used to refer to a behaviour of the friend in that example. I'm looking for something equivalent in English. I'm not sure but I think "add insult to injury" has similar sense. I hope this help. |
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