English > intense: 3 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree. |
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| Examples | - "intense heat"
- "intense anxiety"
- "intense desire"
- "intense emotion"
- "the skunk's intense acrid odor"
- "intense pain"
- "enemy fire was intense"
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| Attribute of | degree, grade, level | A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality |
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| Narrower | aggravated | made more severe or intense especially in law |
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| bad, big | Very intense |
| blood-and-guts | marked by great zeal or violence |
| brutal, unrelenting | Harsh |
| cold | So intense as to be almost uncontrollable |
| concentrated | intensely focused |
| consuming, overwhelming | Very intense |
| deep | extreme / extreme |
| exquisite, keen | Intense or sharp |
| extreme, utmost, uttermost | Of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity |
| fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy | marked by extreme / extreme intensity of emotions or convictions |
| intensified | made more intense |
| intensive | Characterized by a high degree or intensity |
| main | Of force |
| palpable | So intense as to be almost touched or felt |
| profound | Of the greatest intensity |
| raging | Very severe |
| screaming | So extremely intense as to evoke screams |
| severe, terrible, wicked | intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality |
| shitless, witless | Extremely frightened |
| smart | painfully severe |
| strong | not faint or feeble |
| terrific | Very great or intense |
| thick, deep | (of darkness) very intense |
| unabated | continuing at full strength or intensity |
| violent, wild | (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud |
| See also | immoderate | Beyond reasonable limits |
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| intemperate | excessive in behavior |
| profound | showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth |
| Opposite | mild | moderate in type or degree or effect or force |
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| Spanish | intenso |
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| Catalan | intens |
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| Nouns | intensity | high level or degree |
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| Adverbs | intensely | in an intense manner |
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| intensively | in an intensive manner |
