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intensifier

noun

a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies

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Word length
11
Starts with
I
Ends with
R
Contains
NT
Scrabble score
14

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noun

  1. a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies

    “‘up’ in ‘finished up’ is an intensifier”

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‘up’ in ‘finished up’ is an intensifier
‘honestly’ in ‘I honestly don't know’ is an intensifier

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