Intense

a.	1.
	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; In this intense seclusion of the forest. - Hawthorne.

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

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