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1. | Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; | |
2. | Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; |
Adj. | 1. | intense - in an extreme degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" Antonyms: mild - moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism" |
2. | intense - extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" Synonyms: acute | |
3. | intense - (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue" Synonyms: vivid |