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Definitions for Intense
[1] existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
[2] acute, strong, or vehement, as sensations, feelings, or emotions: intense anger.
[3] of an extreme kind; very great, as in strength, keenness, severity, or the like: an intense gale.
[4] having a characteristic quality in a high degree: The intense sunlight was blinding.
[5] strenuous or earnest, as activity, exertion, diligence, or thought: an intense life.
[6] exhibiting a high degree of some quality or action.
[7] having or showing great strength, strong feeling, or tension, as a person, the face, or language.
[8] susceptible to strong emotion; emotional: an intense person.
[9] (of color) very deep: intense red.
[10] Photography . dense(def 4) .
[11] of extreme force, strength, degree, or amount intense heat
[12] characterized by deep or forceful feelings an intense person
Words related to Intense
acute, great, excessive, energetic, extraordinary, powerful, profound, protracted, deep, heightened, intensive, violent, vivid, harsh, fierce, sharp, strong, bitter, extreme, agonizing
Words nearby Intense
intending, intendment, intenerate, intens, intens., intense, intensifier, intensify, intension, intensional, intensional object
Origin of Intense
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin intēnsus, variant of intentus intent2, past participle of intendere to intend. See in-2, tense1
Words that may be confused with Intense
Other words from Intense
in·tense·ly , adverb
in·tense·ness , noun
hy·per·in·tense , adjective
hy·per·in·tense·ly , adverb
hy·per·in·tense·ness , noun
o·ver·in·tense , adjective
o·ver·in·tense·ly , adverb
o·ver·in·tense·ness , noun
su·per·in·tense , adjective
su·per·in·tense·ly , adverb
su·per·in·tense·ness , noun
Word origin for Intense
C14: from Latin intensus stretched, from intendere to stretch out; see intend
Synonyms for Intense
acute, bitter, deep, energetic, excessive, extraordinary, extreme, fierce, great, harsh, heightened, intensified, intensive, powerful, profound, protracted, sharp, strong, violent, vivid, agonizing, all-consuming, ardent, biting, burning, close, concentrated, consuming, cutting, diligent, eager, earnest, exaggerated, exceptional, exquisite, fanatical, fervent, fervid, forcible, full, hard, impassioned, keen, marked, piercing, pungent, shrill, stinging, strained, supreme, undue, vehement, zealous