Associations to the word «Intense»

Wiktionary

INTENSE, adjective. Strained; tightly drawn.
INTENSE, adjective. Strict, very close or earnest.
INTENSE, adjective. Extreme in degree; excessive.
INTENSE, adjective. Extreme in size or strength.
INTENSE, adjective. Stressful and tiring.
INTENSE, adjective. Very severe.

Dictionary definition

INTENSE, adjective. 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".
INTENSE, adjective. Extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning".
INTENSE, adjective. (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats