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Added 9 October 2026

intensifier

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about intensifier at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.
`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier

Origin

From intensify + -er; from the most common use of such terms, to intensify an adjective.

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