2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intense \In*tense"\, a. [L. intensus stretched, tight, p. p. of
intendere to stretch: cf F. intense. See {Intend}, and cf
{Intent}, and cf {Intent}, a.]
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.
In this intense seclusion of the forest.
--Hawthorne.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
intense
adj 1: in an extreme degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety,";
"intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's
intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was
intense" [ant: {mild}]
2: extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute
annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" [syn: {acute}]
3: (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green";
"intense blue" [syn: {vivid}]
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