intensifying

adjectives

increasing in strength or intensity
intensifying
antonym
moderating
is similar to
making worse
aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating
is similar to
intensifying by augmentation and enhancement
augmentative, enhancive
is similar to
accumulating and becoming more intense
"the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk"
deepening, thickening
is similar to
reaching a higher intensity
"their heightening fears"
heightening