compounded

Definitions

Formed by combining two or more parts or elements.

Increased or added to by the accumulation of interest on both the principal and previously accumulated interest.

Made worse or more intense by the addition of further problems or negative factors.

Examples

The interest on the loan compounded monthly, significantly increasing the total amount owed over time.

Her anxiety was compounded by the fact that she had forgotten her passport at home.

Synonyms

combined amalgamated integrated augmented intensified aggregated merged

Antonyms

separated divided reduced diminished simplified disintegrated isolated