Antonyms for intensify

Grammar : Verb

Spell : in-ten-suh-fahy

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɛn səˌfaɪ

Definition of intensify

Origin : 1817, from intense + -ify, first attested in Coleridge, in place of intend, which he said no longer was felt as connected with intense. Middle English used intensen (v.) "to increase (something), strengthen, intensify," early 15c. Related: Intensified; intensifying.

verb make more forceful, severe

Example sentences :

Old age and decay, bad enough in themselves, we intensify by our habits of mind.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

But he had the tact, if possible, to intensify his politeness toward her.
Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

He then appealed to the people to intensify their conservation of wheat.
Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg

The hum of buzzing insects seemed to intensify the summer heat.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

In order to intensify his will and concentrate it upon her, he was drawing her portrait from memory.
Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald

The whole proceeding served only to intensify Marjorie's despondency.
Extract from : « The Girl Scouts' Good Turn » by Edith Lavell

The beast has been wounded, but this shall only serve to intensify its rage.
Extract from : « The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 » by Joseph Wild

The effect of this dissimulation was to intensify their sensibility.
Extract from : « Sentimental Education, Volume II » by Gustave Flaubert

The sounds of bird life seemed only to intensify the effect of solitude.
Extract from : « In Africa » by John T. McCutcheon

She has trouble with her eyes which a nervous shock might intensify.
Extract from : « The Arena » by Various

Synonyms for intensify

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