Synonyms for intensified


Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-ten-suh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɛn səˌfaɪ

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Définition of intensified

Origin :
  • 1817, from intense + -ify, first attested in Coleridge, in place of intend, which he said no longer was felt as connected with intense. Middle English used intensen (v.) "to increase (something), strengthen, intensify," early 15c. Related: Intensified; intensifying.
  • verb make more forceful, severe
Example sentences :
  • And must not the vigor, from what we have seen, have been intensified in Plautus?
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • This feeling was intensified by the belief that Swift, as a clergyman, was insincere.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • Marion and I are only an intensified instance of what may be done by living together.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • The one just received had intensified the effect a hundredfold.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • It was unconscious, this smile was, though just after he had said something it got intensified for an instant.
  • Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad
  • And from the ship's new and nearer position this disadvantage was intensified.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • Most notable, probably, are the passages in which he intensified the expression of his source.
  • Extract from : « The City Bride (1696) » by Joseph Harris
  • I was lonesome, and the autumn evening intensified my feelings.
  • Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell
  • The lack of soldiers among them intensified the unruly spirit in the Winnebagoes.
  • Extract from : « Old Fort Snelling » by Marcus L. Hansen
  • Even those few moments of rest had intensified his weariness.
  • Extract from : « Morale » by Murray Leinster

Antonyms for intensified

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