Local English word record

thickening

adjective · 5 senses

accumulating and becoming more intense

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Examples

  • the deepening gloom
  • felt a deepening love
  • the thickening dusk

Word relationships

Synonyms

deepening(a), thickening(a)

Source and method

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Princeton WordNet 3.0