Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: deepen
IPA transcription: [d'ipən]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
    Meaning: make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
  • Synonyms: intensify, deepen
    Meaning: become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
Usage examples
  • Constance felt her colour deepen.
  • The mystery seemed to deepen constantly.
  • I read on and on, till the shades of the afternoon began to deepen; for in the midst of the forest it gloomed earlier than in the open country.
  • 'It shall!' Noakes breathed; and as if conning an oft-repeated formula, he said, 'The entire mass should deepen in color, regularly and evenly. Heat!
  • "The thick and peculiar mist, or smoke, which distinguishes the Indian Summer, and which now hung heavily over all objects, served, no doubt, to deepen the vague impressions which these objects created.