intensitive

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adjective

Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive.

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Meanings

adjectiveintensitive (comparative more intensitive, superlative most intensitive)

comparative more intensitive · superlative most intensitive

  1. Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive.

    'un-' is a prefix to nouns, adjectives, and secondary adverbs, and is generally purely negative, though sometimes intensitive in the sense of 'bad': […]

    1891, Henry Sweet, A New English Grammar
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APA

intensitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensitive

MLA

“intensitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensitive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intensitive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intensitive.

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