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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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