deepen

deepen is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.
2. transitive verb. To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom.
3. transitive verb. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.
4. transitive verb. To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ.
5. intransitive verb. To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.
6. verb. become more intense

   "The debate intensified"

   "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"

   Synonyms: intensify

7. verb. make more intense, stronger, or more marked, "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"

   "The efforts were intensified"

   "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"

   Synonyms: compound, heighten, intensify

8. verb. become deeper in tone

   "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"

   "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"

   Synonyms: change

9. verb. make deeper

   "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"

Synonyms

intensify, compound, heighten, change

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in deepen:

peened

Common word forms

deepens, deepened, deepener, deepening

Words from these letters

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