An intensifier makes an adjective stronger. It comes before an adjective in a sentence.
For example:
The story was really interesting.
They are very clever.
She is extremely beautiful.
This is bitterly disgusting.
They are highly qualified teachers.
Note: All the red colour words are intensifiers while the texts in blue colour are adjectives.
Other examples of intensifiers:
| amazingly | particularly | exceptionally |
| remarkably | incredibly | unusually |
| absolutely | totally | utterly |
Enough is also used to tell more about an adjective, but it comes after its adjective.
Examples:
If you are a graduate, you are experienced enough to teach kids.
A score of over 350 in cricket is big enough to defend.
You are matured enough to think about the matter.
Intensifiers with strong adjectives
First, you should know what strong adjectives are. These are words like:
| very strong | unyielding |
| very cold | freezing |
| very bad | atrocious |
| very wet | soaked |
| very worried | anxious |
| very thin | gaunt |
In general, very is not used with these adjectives. We can’t
say something is very freezing or someone is very anxious.
Strong adjectives are normally used with intensifiers like:
| absolutely | really |
| exceptionally | quite |
| completely | utterly |
Examples in a sentence:
The car was incredibly unyielding.
The story was really interesting.
List of strong adjectives to use in speaking and writing:
Don’t say: | Rather say: |
| Very afraid | Terrified |
| Very angry | Furious |
| Very bad | Atrocious |
| Very beautiful | Exquisite |
| Very big | immense |
| Very bright | dazzling |
| Very capable | accomplished |
| Very clean | spotless |
| Very clever | brilliant |
| Very cold | freezing |
| Very conventional | conservative |
| Very dirty | squalid |
| Very dry | parched |
| Very eager | keen |
| Very fast | quick |
| Very fierce | ferocious |
| Very good | superb |
| Very happy | jubilant |
| Very hot | scalding |
| Very hungry | ravenous |
| Very large | colossal |
| Very lively | vivacious |
| Very loved | adored |
| Very neat | immaculate |
| Very old | ancient |
| Very poor | destitute |
| Very pretty | beautiful |
| Very quiet | silent |
| Very risky | perilous |
| Very roomy | spacious |
| Very rude | vulgar |
| Very serious | solemn |
| Very small | tiny |
| Very strong | unyielding |
| Very stupid | idiotic |
| Very tasty | delicious |
| Very thin | gaunt |
| Very tired | exhausted |
| Very ugly | hideous |
| Very valuable | precious |
| Very weak | feeble |
| Very wet | soaked |
| Very wicked | villainous |
| Very wise | sagacious |
| Very worried | anxious |
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