Meaning of INTENSE
| Pronunciation: | | in'tens
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | 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 |
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| | Antonyms: | | mild | | |
| | See Also: | | immoderate, intemperate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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