- 1. a. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought. Source: opted
- 2. a. 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. Source: opted
- 3. adj. possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. extremely sharp or severe Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. (of color) having the highest saturation Source: wordnet
- 6. 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
- 7. j:100 a. possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree s. (of color) having the highest saturation Source: ecdict
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