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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats