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Synonyms for intense
ɪnˈtɛnsin·tense
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
intense
One is eager who impatiently desires to accomplish some end; one is earnest with a desire that is less impatient, but more deep, resolute, and constant; one is anxious with a desire that foresees rather the pain of disappointment than the delight of attainment. One is eager for the gratification of any appetite or passion; he is earnest in conviction, purpose, or character. Eager usually refers to some specific and immediate satisfaction, earnest to something permanent and enduring; the patriotic soldier is earnest in his devotion to his country, eager for a decisive battle.
Synonyms:
animated, anxious, ardent, burning, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, hot, impatient, impetuous, importunate, intent, keen, longing, vehement, yearning, zealousAntonyms:
apathetic, calm, careless, cold, cool, dispassionate, frigid, heedless, indifferent, negligent, phlegmatic, purposeless, regardless, stolid, stony, stupid, unconcerned, uninterested, unmindful, unmovedPreposition:
Eager for (more rarely after) favor, honor, etc.; eager in pursuit.
Princeton's WordNet
intenseadjective
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
"intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
Antonyms:
moderate, unsaturated, soft, mild, gentle, temperate, dull, mild-manneredacute, intenseadjective
extremely sharp or intense
"acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning"
Synonyms:
keen, penetrating, vivid, piercing, knifelike, incisive, penetrative, sharp, needlelike, acute, acuate, discriminatingAntonyms:
dull, mild, unsaturated, soft, gentle, mild-mannered, moderate, temperateintense, vividadjective
(of color) having the highest saturation
"vivid green"; "intense blue"
Synonyms:
graphic, acute, pictorial, bright, lifelike, brilliant, vividAntonyms:
mild, mild-mannered, moderate, unsaturated, dull, soft, temperate, gentle
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
intenseadjective
Synonyms:
extreme, excruciating
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#596 | hard | |
#1340 | strong | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#2430 | graphic | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#3482 | extensive | |
#3757 | bright | |
#3964 | severe | |
#3986 | tight | |
#4429 | burning | |
#5288 | animated | |
#5534 | intent | |
#5690 | acute | |
#5940 | violent | |
#6035 | brilliant | |
#6216 | intensive | |
#7174 | intense | |
#9217 | keen | |
#9255 | heated | |
#9770 | dense | |
#10810 | vivid | |
#11018 | piercing | |
#11300 | eager | |
#12285 | lively | |
#13784 | enthusiastic | |
#13864 | anxious | |
#15142 | fierce | |
#16043 | tense | |
#17693 | earnest | |
#18433 | glowing | |
#18571 | pictorial | |
#19156 | vigorous | |
#22283 | penetrating | |
#22948 | longing | |
#27728 | intensified | |
#27965 | impatient | |
#29124 | discriminating | |
#31690 | yearning | |
#33982 | ardent | |
#35229 | strenuous | |
#43828 | lifelike | |
#43874 | zealous | |
#44023 | incisive | |
#46093 | fervent | |
#46387 | desirous | |
#76435 | vehement | |
#83664 | impetuous | |
#135647 | penetrative | |
#210695 | importunate |
How to use intense in a sentence?
I took advantage of the intense patriotism in the squad, we were very much an unknown country so it was our chance to put the team and the whole country in the spotlight. It was easy to motivate the players.
The United States is ready to work with any nation that steps up, that pursues peaceful resolution to shared challenges, even if we have intense disagreement to shared challenges, because we will all suffer the consequences of our failures if we don’t come together to tackle COVID-19, climate change or threats like nuclear proliferation.
Moses is such an intense character that you need to have a little break from him, so we'd always 'look on the bright side of life', thinking 'He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy'. It just helped me.
Do I believe that's a climate change impact ? Probably. Not 100 %, but the reason the warm water comes onto the continental shelf at all is because of the winds that blow across the southern ocean, and we believe the winds have gotten more intense because of climate change.
Our investment process is driven by a longer-term orientation where we draw on diversified sources of alpha, with an intense focus on down side protection and capital preservation.
Translations for intense
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- المكثفArabic
- intensCatalan, Valencian
- vášnivý, intenzivní, silnýCzech
- dwysWelsh
- intensivGerman
- intensoSpanish
- biziBasque
- شدیدPersian
- äärimmäinen, intensiivinenFinnish
- intenseFrench
- dlúthIrish
- तीव्रHindi
- intensIndonesian
- intensaIdo
- intensoItalian
- 激烈, 激しいですJapanese
- 심한Korean
- summaLatin
- amatMalay
- intensNorwegian
- intensywnyPolish
- intenso, tensoPortuguese
- intensRomanian
- напряжённый, интенсивныйRussian
- intensivSwedish
- தீவிரTamil
- తీవ్రమైనTelugu
- เข้มข้นThai
- yoğunTurkish
- شدیدUrdu
- 激烈Chinese
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