Associations to the word «Intensifier»

Wiktionary

INTENSIFIER, noun. That which intensifies.
INTENSIFIER, noun. (linguistics) A word or particle that heightens or lowers the intensity of meaning of an item.
INTENSIFIER, noun. (photography) An agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.

Dictionary definition

INTENSIFIER, noun. 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".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn