intensifying

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. increasing in strength or intensity
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

intensifying \intensifying\ adj. increasing in strength or intensity. [Narrower terms: aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating ; {augmentative, enhancive; deepening(prenominal), heightening(prenominal) ] {moderating [WordNet 1.5]
Intensify \In*ten"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intensified; p. pr. & vb. n. Intensifying.] [Intense + -fly.] To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered and intensified. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

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