intensifier

Intensifiers, a subset of adverbs of degree, are adverbs or adverbials (groups of words that function as adverbs) that modify adjectives and adverbs to increase their strength, power, or intensity.Continue reading...

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I0179700 (ĭn-tĕn′sə-fī′ər)n. Grammar See intensive.

intensifier

(ɪnˈtɛnsɪˌfaɪə) n1. a person or thing that intensifies2. (Grammar) a word, esp an adjective or adverb, that has little semantic content of its own but that serves to intensify the meaning of the word or phrase that it modifies: awfully and up are intensifiers in the phrases awfully sorry and cluttered up3. (Photography) a substance, esp one containing silver or uranium, used to increase the density of a photographic film or plate. Compare reducer¹

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(ɪnˈtɛn səˌfaɪ ər)

n. 1. a person or thing that intensifies. 2. a linguistic element, esp. an adverb, that indicates and usu. increases the degree of emphasis or force to be given to the item it modifies, as very or somewhat; intensive. [1825–35]

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intensifier - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"intensivemodifier, qualifier - a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verbwell - (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully; "a book well worth reading"; "was well aware of the difficulties ahead"; "suspected only too well what might be going on"all-fired, bloody, damn - extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?"mighty, powerful, mightily, right - (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily"in truth, really, truly - in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers); "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book"deucedly, insanely, deadly, madly, devilishly - (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"downright - thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest"literally - (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"most - very; "a most welcome relief"hellishly, infernally - extremely; "infernally clever"; "hellishly dangerous"so - to a very great extent or degree; "the idea is so obvious"; "never been so happy"; "I love you so"; "my head aches so!"such - to so extreme a degree; "he is such a baby"; "Such rich people!"positively - extremely; "it was positively monumental"marvellously, marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously - (used as an intensifier) extremely well; "her voice is superbly disciplined"; "the colors changed wondrously slowly"ever so, ever - (intensifier for adjectives) very; "she was ever so friendly"simply, just - absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!"candidly, frankly, honestly - (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that; "honestly, I don't believe it"; "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience"; "frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"goddam, goddamn, goddamned - extremely; "you are goddamn right!"precious, preciously - extremely; "there is precious little time left"

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intensifier

Chem a substance, esp one containing silver or uranium, used to increase the density of a photographic film or plate

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[in′ten·sə ‚fī·ər] (graphic arts) In photography, a means used to strengthen the image of either a negative or a positive; usually, metal is added to the silver image, and the increase in density is proportional to the existing density; thus when a negative is intensified, the highlights are always intensified more than the shadows. (petroleum engineering) Hydrofluoric acid added to hydrochloric acid for oil well acidizing; the fluoride destroys silica films that are insoluble by hydrochloric acid.

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Synonyms for intensifier

noun a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies

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