| Noun | 1. | intensifier - 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"well - (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully; "a book well worth reading"; "was well aware of the difficulties ahead"; "suspected only too well what might be going on" all-fired, bloody, damn - extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?" mighty, powerful, right - (Southern regional intensive) very; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place" in truth, really, truly - in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers); "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book" downright - thoroughgoing; "he is outright dishonest" how, however - in what way or manner or by what means (`however' is sometimes used as an intensive form of `how'); "how did you catch the snake?"; "he told us how he did it"; "however did you get here so soon?" virtually, literally - (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf war" most - very; "a most welcome relief" so - to a very great extent or degree; "the idea is so obvious"; "never been so happy"; "I love you so"; "my head aches so!" such - to so extreme a degree; "he is such a baby"; "Such rich people!" positively - extremely; "it was positively monumental" ever so, ever - (intensifier for adjectives) very; "she was ever so friendly" just, simply - absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" candidly, frankly, honestly - (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that; "honestly, I don't believe it"; "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience"; "frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" | |