Intense

Adjective

 * 1) Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
 * 2) 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.

Related terms

 * intensely
 * intenseness
 * intensification
 * intensify
 * intensity
 * intensive

Thesaurus
abandoned, ablaze, accentuated, active, acute, advertent, afire, aggravated, aggressive, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, animated, ardent, assiduous, attentive, aware, boiling over, breathless, bright, bright-hued, brilliant, brisk, burning, careful, colorful, colory, committed, comprehensive, concentrated, conscious, consequential, considerable, consuming, cordial, cutting, deafening, dedicated, deep, deep-colored, delirious, desperate, devoted, devout, diligent, drastic, drunk, dynamic, eager, earnest, emotional, emphasized, energetic, enhanced, enterprising, enthusiastic, excessive, excited, excruciating, exhaustive, exorbitant, exotic, exquisite, extravagant, extreme, exuberant, faithful, fanatical, febrile, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, fierce, fiery, finical, finicking, finicky, flaming, flushed, forceful, forcible, frantic, frenzied, full, full of pep, furious, gay, gay-colored, glowing, go-go, gorgeous, grand, grave, great, hard, harsh, heartfelt, hearty, heated, heavy, heedful, heightened, high-colored, high-spirited, hot, hot-blooded, hotheaded, hysterical, immoderate, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, in earnest, incisive, intemperate, intensified, intent, intent on, intentive, intoxicated, irresistible, keen, kinetic, lively, living, loud, loyal, lusty, main, maximum, meticulous, mettlesome, mighty, mindful, nervous, nice, niggling, observant, observing, on fire, on the ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, outrageous, passionate, penetrating, peppy, perfervid, piercing, plenary, poignant, powerful, profound, pungent, red-hot, reeking, regardful, resolute, rich, rich-colored, rigorous, robust, rough, serious, severe, sharp, sincere, smacking, snappy, spanking, spirited, splitting, steaming, steamy, strenuous, stressed, strong, take-charge, take-over, temperamental, tense, terrible, testy, thundering, total, touchy, tough, trenchant, unconscionable, unrestrained, uptight, vehement, venomous, vibrant, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, watchful, white-hot, zealous, zestful, zesty, zippy

Etymology
From intense <  intensus:, past participle of intendere: < in: + tendere:.

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Chinese: 剧烈
 * Czech:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Ido: intensa


 * Italian: intenso (1,2)
 * Romanian:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: dwys

Anagrams

 * tennesi, tennies

Adjective
intense



Anagrams

 * niesten

Adjective

 * 1) intense

Etymology
From intensus.

Anagrams

 * seinent, tiennes

Adjective
intense



Anagrams

 * sentine