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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The exchanges continued to be intense as the set entered the business end, but Djokovic blinked first.

From BBC

Izzy is determined to turn this "intense and healing" experience into something positive for herself - and others.

From BBC

China’s consumer sector entered 2026 facing a familiar set of constraints: cautious households, weak property-linked wealth effects, and intense price competition.

From Barron's

Despite the intense blaze, it hadn't burned long enough to destroy everything and officers found a pin badge, keys, a watch face and strap and a bullet head.

From BBC

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute and the University of Cambridge have now uncovered an unexpected mechanism that controls water autodissociation under intense electric fields.

From Science Daily

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