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Webster 1913 Edition
Intense
In-tense′
,Adj.
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 lightIn this
intense
seclusion of the forest. Hawthorne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intense
INTENSE
,Adj.
1.
Literally, strained, stretched; hence, very close, strict,as when the mind is fixed or bent on a particular subject; as, intense study or application; intense thought.2.
Raised to a high degree; violent; vehement; as intense heat.3.
Very severe or keen; as intense cold.4.
Vehement; ardent; as intense phrases in language.5.
Extreme in degree. The doctrine of the atonement supposes that the sins of men were so laid on Christ, that his sufferings were inconceivably intense and overwhelming.
6.
Kept on the stretch; anxiously attentive; opposed to remiss.Definition 2024
intense
intense
English
Adjective
intense (comparative intenser or more intense, superlative intensest or most intense)
- Strained; tightly drawn.
- Strict, very close or earnest.
- intense study; intense thought
- Extreme in degree; excessive.
- Extreme in size or strength.
- 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
- Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.
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- Stressful and tiring.
- Very severe.
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Translations
strained; tightly drawn
extreme in degree