Intense

[ɪn'tens] or [ɪn'tɛns]

Definition

(adj.) (of color) having the highest saturation; 'vivid green'; 'intense blue' .

(adj.) possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; 'intense heat'; 'intense anxiety'; 'intense desire'; 'intense emotion'; 'the skunk's intense acrid odor'; 'intense pain'; 'enemy fire was intense' .

Checker: Victoria--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

(a.) 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.

Editor: Verna

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Close, strict, intent, severe, strained, stretched.[2]. Excessive, extreme, very great.[3]. Forcible, energetic, vigorous, powerful.[4]. Ardent, vehement, earnest.

Typist: Serena

Definition

adj. closely strained: extreme in degree: very severe: emotional.—v.t. Inten′sate (Carlyle) to intensify.—adv. Intense′ly.—ns. Intense′ness Intens′ity; Intensificā′tion the act of intensifying.—v.t. Inten′sify to make more intense.—v.i. to become intense:—pa.p. intens′ified.—n. Inten′sion a straining or bending: increase of intensity: (logic) the sum of the qualities implied by a general name.—adj. Inten′sive stretched: admitting of increase of degree: unremitted: serving to intensify: (gram.) giving force or emphasis.—adv. Inten′sively.—n. Inten′siveness.

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