deepening

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deepening [di-pe-nin]

adjetivo

1. Cada vez más profundo (waters, darkness, mystery); creciente, cada vez mayor (crisis, dismay).

deepening [ˈdiːpənɪŋ]

adjective

[+darkness, gloom, conflict, division] cada vez más profundo; [+unease] cada vez mayor; [+friendship] cada vez más profundo or intenso; [+crisis] que se agudiza; que se acentúa

he could only just make them out /in the deepening gloom/ the match was played under floodlights in the deepening gloom I peered out into the deepening night measures to combat the deepening economic crisis Mikhail Gorbachev finds himself in a deepening conflict with the Russian government The judicial proceeding has caused a deepening racial division in our city a deepening rift between well-to-do blacks and whites there is a deepening split among top Ministers over this policy the statements are thought to reflect deepening unease in the Kremlin at the pace with which Washington is preparing for war Amy began to fill the void with work, and with her deepening friendship with Helen Pearce

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