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intense

• (a) 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
• (s) extremely sharp or intense
  • acute pain
  • felt acute annoyance
  • intense itching and burning
  acute,
• (s) (of color) having the highest saturation
  • vivid green
  • intense blue
  vivid,

Synonyms

acute vivid

Antonyms

mild

See also

immoderate intemperate profound

Words of close approximity