Intensified

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The act of increasing the strength or intensity of something involves amplifying existing qualities or conditions significantly
2. A situation or quality is deepened or strengthened beyond its normal level, leading to a more pronounced effect or experience
3. The process of making something stronger or more acute involves enhancing its characteristics or impact to a greater extent

Etymology: "Intensified" is the past tense and past participle of "intensify," so its history is that of the verb it inflects. "Intensify" is formed from "intense" plus the suffix "-ify," which turns an adjective into a verb meaning "to make or become" that adjective. "Intense" comes from the Latin "intensus," the past participle of "intendere," meaning "to stretch out" or "to strain," so the core idea behind the family is physical tension, a thing pulled taut, before it came to describe strength of feeling or force. The suffix "-ify" arrived through French and Latin, from the Latin "-ficare," which combined with stems to form verbs such as "simplify" and "clarify." "Intensify" follows the same pattern, taking the adjective "intense" and giving it an active sense, so that something is made more intense. The verb is closely related to the French "intensifier," which shows the same construction in another language.

Synonyms: amplified, heightened, strengthened, deepened, enhanced

Antonyms: diminished, reduced, weakened, lessened, attenuated