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Intense
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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