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Definition of Intensifier
1. Noun. A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies. "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"
Exact synonyms: Intensive
Generic synonyms: Modifier, Qualifier
Examples of language type: Living, Every Last, Well, All-fired, Bloody, Damn, Mightily, Mighty, Powerful, Right, In Truth, Really, Truly, Deadly, Deucedly, Devilishly, Insanely, Madly, Downright, Literally, Most, Hellishly, Infernally, So, Such, Positively, Marvellously, Marvelously, Superbly, Terrifically, Toppingly, Wonderfully, Wondrous, Wondrously, Ever, Ever So, Just, Simply, Candidly, Frankly, Honestly, Goddam, Goddamn, Goddamned, Precious, Preciously
Derivative terms: Intensify
Generic synonyms: Modifier, Qualifier
Examples of language type: Living, Every Last, Well, All-fired, Bloody, Damn, Mightily, Mighty, Powerful, Right, In Truth, Really, Truly, Deadly, Deucedly, Devilishly, Insanely, Madly, Downright, Literally, Most, Hellishly, Infernally, So, Such, Positively, Marvellously, Marvelously, Superbly, Terrifically, Toppingly, Wonderfully, Wondrous, Wondrously, Ever, Ever So, Just, Simply, Candidly, Frankly, Honestly, Goddam, Goddamn, Goddamned, Precious, Preciously
Derivative terms: Intensify
Definition of Intensifier
1. n. One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.
Definition of Intensifier
1. Noun. That which intensifies. ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics) A word or particle that heightens or lowers the intensity of meaning of an item. ¹
3. Noun. (photography) An agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intensifier
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Intensifier
1. One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intensifier
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