- deepening, gathering, thickening - accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the gathering darkness"; "the thickening dusk"
Antonym: moderating (indirect, via intensifying)
- deepening - a process of becoming deeper and more profound
--1 is a kind of development, evolution
Derived form: verb deepen3
- intensify, compound, heighten, deepen - make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
--1 is one way to increase
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- intensify, deepen - become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
--2 is one way to increase
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- deepen - make deeper; "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"
--3 is one way to enlarge
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun deepening1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- deepen, change - become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
--4 is one way to change
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