intense

[in-tens] / ɪnˈtɛns /

ADJECTIVE

forceful, severe; passionate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acute bitter deep energetic excessive extraordinary extreme fierce great harsh heightened intensified intensive powerful profound protracted sharp strong violent vivid

WEAK

agonizing all-consuming ardent biting burning close concentrated consuming cutting diligent eager earnest exaggerated exceptional exquisite fanatical fervent fervid forcible full hard impassioned keen marked piercing pungent shrill stinging strained supreme undue vehement zealous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aboveboard agreeable bland blunt calm dull gentle ignorant indistinct kind lazy low mild moderate nice pale peaceful shallow slow soft stupid superficial unimportant unintelligent weak

WEAK

low-key

Example Sentences

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Tehran has repeatedly proven adept at pumping oil under intense sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Roo was prescribed a high dose of vitamin D3 drops for 12 weeks in December 2024 to try to ease intense pain in his legs.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The stock-market rebound over the past two weeks has been unusually intense.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

The results show an intense ramp-up of the sentence structure in 2024, following about two decades of a handful of mentions quarterly.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

For more than 450 years La Trinité, filled not only with immense treasure but also artifacts of a New World settlement fifty-five years before the Pilgrims, was the continual object of intense search.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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