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Intense

Intense Meaning & Definition
Intense Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Intense?

[adj] (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue"
[adj] extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning"
[adj] in an extreme degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety,"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Intense: acute | aggravated | bad | big | blood-and-guts | cold | concentrated | consuming | crash(a) | deep | exquisite | extreme | fierce | intensified | intensive | keen | main(a) | overwhelming | pressure-cooker(a) | profound | pure | raging | saturated | screaming(a) | severe | sharp | strong | tearing | terrible | terrific | thick | trigger-happy | unabated | utmost(a) | uttermost(a) | vehement | violent | vivid | wicked | wild

Related Terms | Find terms related to Intense: abandoned | ablaze | accentuated | active | acute | advertent | afire | aggravated | aggressive | agog | alert | all ears | all eyes | animated | ardent | assiduous | attentive | aware | boiling over | breathless | bright | bright-hued | brilliant | brisk | burning | careful | colorful | colory | committed | comprehensive | concentrated | conscious | consequential | considerable | consuming | cordial | cutting | deafening | dedicated | deep | deep-colored | delirious | desperate | devoted | devout | diligent | drastic | drunk | dynamic | eager | earnest | emotional | emphasized | energetic | enhanced | enterprising | enthusiastic | excessive | excited | excruciating | exhaustive | exorbitant | exotic | exquisite | extravagant | extreme | exuberant | faithful | fanatical | febrile | fervent | fervid | fevered | feverish | fierce | fiery | finical | finicking | finicky | flaming | flushed | forceful | forcible | frantic | frenzied | full | full of pep | furious | gay | gay-colored | glowing | go-go | gorgeous | grand | grave | great | hard | harsh | heartfelt | hearty | heated | heavy | heedful | heightened | high-colored | high-spirited | hot | hot-blooded | hotheaded | hysterical | immoderate | impassioned | impetuous | impulsive | in earnest | incisive | intemperate | intensified | intent | intent on | intentive | intoxicated | irresistible | keen | kinetic | lively | living | loud | loyal | lusty | main | maximum | meticulous | mettlesome | mighty | mindful | nervous | nice | niggling | observant | observing | on fire | on the ball | on the job | open-eared | open-eyed | openmouthed | outrageous | passionate | penetrating | peppy | perfervid | piercing | plenary | poignant | powerful | profound | pungent | red-hot | reeking | regardful | resolute | rich | rich-colored | rigorous | robust | rough | serious | severe | sharp | sincere | smacking | snappy | spanking | spirited | splitting | steaming | steamy | strenuous | stressed | strong | take-charge | take-over | temperamental | tense | terrible | testy | thundering | total | touchy | tough | trenchant | unconscionable | unrestrained | uptight | vehement | venomous | vibrant | vicious | vigorous | violent | virulent | vivacious | vivid | volatile | warm | watchful | white-hot | zealous | zestful | zesty | zippy

See Also | immoderate | intemperate

Intense In Webster's Dictionary

\In*tense"\, a. [L. intensus stretched, tight, p. p. of intendere to stretch: cf. F. intense. See {Intend}, and cf. {Intent}, and cf. {Intent}, a.] 1. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought. 2. Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light. In this intense seclusion of the forest. --Hawthorne.

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