intensifier

  1. Noun.  That which intensifies.
  2. Noun.  (rfd-sense) (linguistics) A modifier, such as ''very'', ''terribly'', ''wicked'' or ''damned'', that has little or no meaning of its own and serves to enhance and give additional emotional context to the word that it modifies.
  3. Noun.  (linguistics) A word or particle that heightens or lowers the intensity of meaning of an item.

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