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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On social media you can find video of sessions of intense work by Villalpando.

From Los Angeles Times

The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next year—and bring them safely home through intense heat.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tierney understands the book’s intense enthusiasts and the modern men-loving-men genre, which evolved from the Boys Love fandom that originated in 1970s Japanese culture and has persisted in contemporary media with fanfiction and romance writing.

From Salon

Her essay on Albert Camus’s journals begins, “great writers are either husbands or lovers”—the former supply “solid virtues” and the latter “an infusion of intense feeling.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The intense chiaroscuro evokes the mysticism of William Blake.

From The Wall Street Journal

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