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Meaning of 'intense' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Intense [ a.]
- Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
- 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.

Meaning of 'intense' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . intense [ a]
Meaning (1):
- possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
Example in sentence:
  • enemy fire was intense;
  • intense anxiety;
  • intense desire;
  • intense emotion;
  • intense heat;
  • intense pain;
  • the skunk's intense acrid odor
2 . intense [ s]
Meaning (2):
- extremely sharp or severe
Example in sentence:
  • acute pain;
  • felt acute annoyance;
  • intense itching and burning
Meaning (3):
- (of color) having the highest saturation
Example in sentence:
  • intense blue;
  • vivid green

Nearby Words:

intact intactable intactible intagli intagliated intaglio intaglius intail intake intaminated

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