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Definition of Intense
1. Adjective. Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree. "Enemy fire was intense"
Similar to: Aggravated, Bad, Big, Blood-and-guts, Brutal, Unrelenting, Cold, Concentrated, Consuming, Overwhelming, Deep, Exquisite, Keen, Extreme, Utmost, Uttermost, Fierce, Tearing, Trigger-happy, Vehement, Violent, Intensified, Intensive, Main, Profound, Raging, Screaming, Severe, Terrible, Wicked, Smart, Strong, Terrific, Deep, Thick, Unabated, Violent, Wild
Also: Immoderate, Profound, Intemperate
Derivative terms: Intensity
Antonyms: Mild
2. Adjective. Extremely sharp or intense. "Intense itching and burning"
3. Adjective. (of color) having the highest saturation. "Intense blue"
Definition of Intense
1. a. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
Definition of Intense
1. Adjective. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought. ¹
2. Adjective. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intense
1. existing in an extreme degree [adj -TENSER, -TENSEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intense
Literary usage of Intense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1920)
"More intense in second. Pressure on other fingers less intense. ... More intense
pressure on palm of hand and little finger in second" (Co). ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Thus, white is bluish-green, and intense red appears green, «o that red poppies
in a green cornfield do not appear of a diflerent hue from the green by ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"... I ex-libris V Lo«- FVn of Cheshire' and when the feeling becomes intense t
writer is thoroughly himself, discard« ii tative mannerism, and emancipates ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"intense delights disappoint and destroy relish for normal pleasures. Nor does
happiness consist in exemption from pain, labour, or business; ..."
5. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"Grandcourt had an intense satisfaction in leading his wife captive after this
fashion : it gave their life on a small scale a royal representation and ..."
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