Deepening Synonyms and Antonyms

Make more intense, stronger, or more marked; ,
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. intensifying
  2. heightening
  3. compounding
Antonyms:
  1. lightening
  2. softening
  3. quietening
  4. paling
Become deeper in tone
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. intensifying
  2. expanding
  3. thickening
  4. changing
  5. extending
  6. strengthening
  7. enhancing
  8. heightening
  9. aggravating
  10. broadening
Antonyms:
  1. filling
Accumulating and becoming more intense
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. thickening

Words Related to Deepening

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Deepening Sentence Examples

  • She knew the color was deepening in her cheeks.

  • He stopped and faced her, frown deepening.

  • Operations for removing the obstacles in the channel and for deepening and widening it were begun as long ago as 1838.

  • Sofia glared at him, her embarrassment deepening at the look the men around the fire gave her.

  • By a re-elevation of a peneplain the rivers of an old land surface may be restored to youthful activity, and resume their shaping action, deepening the old valleys and initiating new ones, starting afresh the whole course of the geographical cycle.

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