intense
Intense means strong or extreme. If you accidentally spill a cup of hot coffee on yourself, you’ll probably feel intense heat, intense pain, and — if anyone happened to be watching — intense embarrassment.
When using intense, we often refer to a specific feeling or emotion, as in the case of “intense dread” or “intense happiness.” Intense can also be used to describe exciting experiences as well as people with strong or insistent personalities. For example, if your intense friend insists on taking you bungee jumping, you’re guaranteed to have an intense experience. Intense comes from a Latin word meaning “stretched,” implying that something has been stretched to its maximum limit.
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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”
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Synonyms:
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aggravated
made more severe or intense especially in law
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bad, big
very intense
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blood-and-guts
marked by great zeal or violence
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brutal, unrelenting
harsh
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cold
so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
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concentrated
intensely focused
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consuming, overwhelming
very intense
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deep
extreme
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exquisite, keen, searing
intense or sharp
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extreme, utmost, uttermost
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
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fierce, tearing, trigger-happy, vehement, violent
marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
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intensified
made more intense
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intensive
characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
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main
of force; of the greatest possible intensity
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profound
of the greatest intensity; complete
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raging
very severe
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screaming
so extremely intense as to evoke screams
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severe, terrible, wicked
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
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smart
painfully severe
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strong
not faint or feeble
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terrific
very great or intense
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deep, thick
(of darkness) very intense
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unabated
continuing at full strength or intensity
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violent, wild
(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
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immoderate
beyond reasonable limits
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profound
showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
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intemperate
excessive in behavior
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Antonyms:
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mild
moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
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gentle, soft
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
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mild-mannered
behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner
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moderate, temperate
not extreme
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moderate
being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
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temperate
not extreme in behavior
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aggravated
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extremely sharp or intense
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displaying strong feeling, seriousness, or earnestness
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(of color) having the highest saturation
intense / intensive / intent
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