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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Examples
- The intense enthusiasm of this pioneer beekeeper was contagious and resulted in many taking up beekeeping. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Moreover, a priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense _esprit de corps_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On such occasions an interesting opportunity is offered to study Edison in his intense and constructive moods. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His face was eager and expectant--it expressed nothing but the most intense anxiety to hear her next words. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The piece of lime glows with an intense brilliancy approximating that of the electric light. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Nomadism cuts men off from fixed temples and intense local associations; they take a broader and simpler view of the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The two pointed pieces of hard conducting carbon used for the separated terminals constitute the voltaic arc light--a light only excelled in intense brilliancy by the sun itself. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Perhaps its effects are not so permanent; but they are, while they last, as violent and intense. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- During my stay in France, I have followed up, with intense interest, the history of my people in America. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This moment was one of intense interest, the huge bulk gliding as gently and easily forward as if she had been but a small boat. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The interest was intense. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Such links of sentiment and association were of little avail against the intense separatism of the Greek political institutions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some intense associations of a most distressing nature were vividly recalled, I think. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Intense loyalty to the queen mother is apparent in all their activities and arrangements. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Trees gigantic and aged grew near; before the gate I discerned a crowd of moving human figures--with intense curiosity I lifted my glass to my eye. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- After trying all known methods to get through, it was decided to bake this wet clay by means of intense heat. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They came with broad smiles on their faces, indicating intense joy, to ask what I was going to do now without anything for my soldiers to eat. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Did the sun shine on any, who could enjoy its light with purer and more intense bliss? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Out of the intense silence, the mother's voice was heard saying, cold and angry: 'Well, you shouldn't take so much notice of her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But the intense desire remained that the will of God might be the death of that hated man. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Yet America has not so far reached the intense enthusiasm over flying that fills the lands of Europe. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Glancing at Holmes, I saw his face turn rigid, and he leaned forward in intense excitement. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But his thirst for education was intense. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There was often plenty of work for both in the early days of the war, when the news of battle caused intense excitement and large sales of papers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There were wars, but they were not intense wars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was of mechanical turn of mind, with an intense hobby for painful accuracy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Darwin was moved by intense indignation at the slavery on the east coast and the cruel oppression of the laborer on the west coast. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- At the mention of this name, his daughter stole a look at him, remarkable for its intense and searching character. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Gangs are marked by fraternal feeling, and narrow cliques by intense loyalty to their own codes. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In the Sahara Desert much crumbling of the rock into sand has been caused by the intense heat of the day followed by the sharp frost of night. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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