deepening

Definitions

The process of becoming or making something more intense, profound, or complex.

The act of extending something further downward or inward.

A state of becoming more serious, significant, or emotionally resonant.

Examples

The deepening crisis in the region has forced many families to flee their homes.

She felt a deepening sense of gratitude as she looked back on all the support she had received.

Synonyms

intensifying strengthening expanding increasing heightening worsening extending

Antonyms

weakening diminishing reducing lightening shrinking abating lessening