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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree;
- Example: "intense heat"
- Example: "intense anxiety"
- Example: "intense desire"
- Example: "intense emotion"
- Example: "the skunk's intense acrid odor"
- Example: "intense pain"
- Example: "enemy fire was intense"

2. extremely sharp or intense;
- Example: "acute pain"
- Example: "felt acute annoyance"
- Example: "intense itching and burning"
[syn: acute, intense]

3. (of color) having the highest saturation;
- Example: "vivid green"
- Example: "intense blue"
[syn: intense, vivid]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Intense \In*tense"\, a. [L. intensus stretched, tight, p. p. of
   intendere to stretch: cf. F. intense. See Intend, and cf.
   Intent, and cf. Intent, a.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very
      close or earnest; as, intense study or application;
      intense thought.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
          [1913 Webster]

                In this intense seclusion of the forest.
                                                  --Hawthorne.
          [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

intense
    adj 1: 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"
           [ant: mild]
    2: extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute
       annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" [syn: acute,
       intense]
    3: (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green";
       "intense blue" [syn: intense, vivid]