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Noun: intensifier  in'ten-su,fI(-u)r
  1. A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
    "‘up’ in ‘finished up’ is an intensifier"; "‘honestly’ in ‘I honestly don't know’ is an intensifier";
    - intensive

Derived forms: intensifiers

Type of: modifier, qualifier

Encyclopedia: Intensifier