deepen
verb
1 deepen
Make more intense, stronger, or more marked:
— This event only deepened my convictions.
synonyms: compound, heighten, intensify.
Roget 35: increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate etc. (expand) 194; grow, wax, get ahead. gain strength; advance; run up, ... show more
Roget 208: be deep etc. adj.; render deep etc. adj.; deepen. plunge etc. 310; sound, fathom, plumb, cast the lead, ... show more
Dutch: op, intensiveren, verdiepen
2 deepen
Become more intense:
— His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan.
synonym: intensify.
Dutch: intensiveren
3 deepen
Make deeper.
4 deepen
Become deeper in tone:
— Her voice deepened when she whispered the password.
synonym: change.
Moby thesaurus: accelerate, agent provocateur, aggravate, amplify, annoy, augment, beef up, blow up, broaden, build up, burrow, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, countersink, depress, deteriorate, dig, dig out ... show more.
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