INTENSE

intense, vivid

(adjective) (of color) having the highest saturation; “vivid green”; “intense blue”

acute, intense

(adjective) extremely sharp or severe; “acute pain”; “felt acute annoyance”; “intense itching and burning”

intense

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

intense (comparative intenser or more intense, superlative intensest or most intense)

Strained; tightly drawn.

Strict, very close or earnest.

Extreme in degree; excessive.

Extreme in size or strength.

Stressful and tiring.

Very severe.

Very emotional or passionate.

Anagrams

• enseint, sentine, tennesi, tennies

Source: Wiktionary

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In*tense", a. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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