intense
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in·tense
(ĭn-tĕns') 
adj., -tens·er, -tens·est.
intenseness in·tense'ness n.
adj., -tens·er, -tens·est.
- Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to an extreme degree: the intense sun of the tropics.
- Extreme in degree, strength, or size: intense heat.
- Involving or showing strain or extreme effort: intense concentration.
- Deeply felt; profound: intense emotion.
- Tending to feel deeply: an intense writer.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin intēnsus, stretched, intent, from past participle of intendere, to stretch, intend. See intend.]
intensely in·tense'ly adv.intenseness in·tense'ness n.
SYNONYMS intense, fierce, vehement, violent. These adjectives mean of an extreme kind: intense fear; fierce pride; vehement dislike; violent rage.
USAGE NOTE The meanings of intense and intensive overlap considerably, but they are often subtly distinct. When used to describe human feeling or activity, intense often suggests a strength or concentration that arises from inner dispositions and is particularly appropriate for describing emotional states: intense pleasure, intense dislike, intense loyalty, and so forth. Intensive is more frequently applied when the strength or concentration of an activity is imposed from without: intensive bombing, intensive training, intensive marketing. Thus a reference to Mark's intense study of German suggests that Mark himself was responsible for the concentrated activity, whereas Mark's intensive study of German suggests that the program in which Mark was studying was designed to cover a great deal of material in a brief period.
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Fowler's Modern English Usage:
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intense, intensive
In the broad meaning 'existing in a high degree, extreme' as applied to feelings and qualities, intense is the word to use. (It also applies to people, in the sense 'apt to feel strong emotion'.) Intensive, which used to share aspects of the non-personal meaning of intense, is now reserved for the special meaning 'directed to a single point or objective, thorough, vigorous':
The country has suffered from intensive over-planning—Times, 1977.Special applications include the terms intensive care (of medical treatment, in this form from the 1960s) and labour-intensive ('needing a large workforce', 1950s).
| intend, intelligentsia, intelligent, intellectual | |
| intensifier, intention, inter alia |
Roget's Thesaurus:
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intense
adjective
- Extreme in degree, strength, or effect: desperate, fierce, furious, terrible, vehement, violent. See big/small/amount, strong/weak.
- Intensely sustained, especially in activity: concentrated, fierce, heavy, heightened, intensive. See strong/weak.
- Resulting from or affecting one's innermost feelings: deep, profound, strong. See strong/weak, surface/depth.
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intense
adj
Definition: forceful, severe; passionate
Antonyms: calm, dull, low-key, mild, moderate
McGraw-Hill Slang Dictionary:
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intense
mod. serious; heavy. Oh, wow! Now that's what I call intense!
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IN BRIEF: Very strong or deep.
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
— Ovid (43 BC-c. 18 AD), Roman poet.
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Intense
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - intens, intensiv, stærk, voldsom
Nederlands (Dutch)
intens, zeer gevoelig
Français (French)
adj. - intense, vif, sérieux
Deutsch (German)
adj. - intensiv, heftig, kräftig, stark gefühlsbetont
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - έντονος, τεταμένος, δυνατός, ισχυρός
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - intenso
Русский (Russian)
сильный, напряженный, впечатлительный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - intenso, fuerte
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - intensiv, häftig, våldsam, djup, innerlig, livlig, målmedveten
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
非常的, 紧张的, 强烈的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 非常的, 緊張的, 強烈的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 격렬한, (색이)매우 짙은, 긴장한
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 激しい, 強烈な, 情熱的な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) شديد, قوي, عاطفي
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - עז, חזק, עמוק, רגשני, רציני, לוהט
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