to deepen

Examples

• All

• The lines around his mouth deepened, and Jen could sense the pain underneath the arrogance.

  Fiction book (1995)

• So I'm just going to use that to deepen up this crease.

• So what I want to do now is just kind of deepen this outside part on both sides.

• So I'm going to use that just to deepen that up a little bit.

• Taking that deep brown color again, I'm going to deepen up the outer corner.

• OK, I'm going to deepen up my brows just a little bit.

• So that should really work to deepen that crease and give us a little bit more dimension.

• We're just going to go ahead and deepen our outer corner crease ever so slightly.

• As the works dried and aged over time, those wrinkles deepened further.

  Academic text (2006)

• The construction crew worked to deepen the pond to improve its water quality.

Synonyms

A

to add to

vsto deepen

822 1.8

Make something larger in number, amount or degree

concerns increase in depth rather than adding quantity

E

to escalate

vsto deepen

220 5.5

To become larger, more serious, or more intense

concerns growth in depth rather than rising seriousness

I

to intensify

vsto deepen

110 4.0

Make something stronger or more intense

means increase depth rather than just intensity

H

to heighten

vsto deepen

76 4.1

To make a feeling, effect or situation stronger

focuses on increase in depth rather than strengthening feelings

Antonyms

S

to shallow

1 4.6

To make something less deep

How Deep

to intensify

110 4.0

to deepen

8 2.7

to grow

∞ 1.0

to subside

47 4.8

to fade

531 1.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology