intense : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: intense	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intense adj 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" Antonym(s): mild extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" Synonym(s): acute, intense (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue" Synonym(s): intense, vivid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intense \Intense"\, a. [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.