Synonyms for intense
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-tens |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɛns |
Top 10 synonyms for intense Other synonyms for the word intense
- agonizing
- all-consuming
- ardent
- biting
- burning
- close
- concentrated
- consuming
- cutting
- diligent
- eager
- earnest
- exaggerated
- exceptional
- exquisite
- fanatical
- fervent
- fervid
- forcible
- full
- hard
- heightened
- impassioned
- intensified
- intensive
- keen
- marked
- piercing
- powerful
- profound
- protracted
- pungent
- sharp
- shrill
- stinging
- strained
- strong
- supreme
- undue
- vehement
- violent
- vivid
- zealous
Définition of intense
Origin :- c.1400, from Middle French intense (13c.), from Latin intensus "stretched, strained, tight," originally past participle of intendere "to stretch out, strain" (see intend); thus, literally, "high-strung." Related: Intensely.
- adj forceful, severe; passionate
- Traffic was intense, and had reached what might be supposed its acme.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- I too want to have experiences, to live where life's beat is most intense.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- The hostility to this seemingly harmless teaching was of the most intense.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He went close to the Inspector, and spoke with intense seriousness.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- His passion is so intense that he has no desire to paint her seduction as greater than it was.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- More than this, there is about sorrow an intense, an extraordinary reality.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- "Don't keep me in suspense like this," cried the girl in a low but intense voice.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- So Philip Crane, to his intense delight, was summoned to Ringwood.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- She made no answer, but simply looked at him with intense sadness.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- An intense feeling of contempt so excited her that she stood up on her feet.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
Antonyms for intense
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