INTENSIFIED

intensified

(adjective) made more intense; “the intensified scrutiny of the candidate’s background”

INTENSIFY

intensify, deepen

(verb) become more intense; “The debate intensified”; “His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan”

intensify, compound, heighten, deepen

(verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked; “The efforts were intensified”; “Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her”; “Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness”; “This event only deepened my convictions”

escalate, intensify, step up

(verb) increase in extent or intensity; “The Allies escalated the bombing”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

intensified

simple past tense and past participle of intensify

Anagrams

• indefinites

Source: Wiktionary


INTENSIFY

In*ten"si*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intensified; p. pr. & vb. n. Intensifying.] Etym: [Intense + -fly.]

Definition: To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity. Bacon. How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered and intensified. Longfellow.

In*ten"si*fy, v. i.

Definition: To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.

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