thickening

Adjective

• becoming more intricate or complex
  • a thickening plot
    

• accumulating and becoming more intense
  • the deepening gloom
    
  • felt a deepening love
    
  • the thickening dusk
    

Noun

• the act of thickening

• any thickened enlargement

• any material used to thicken
  • starch is used in cooking as a thickening
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  deepening(a) , thickening(a) , inspissation , node , knob , thickener