intense

English

Etymology

From Middle French intense, from Latin intensus (“stretched tight”), past participle of intendere (“to stretch out”), from in (“in, upon, to”) + tendere (“to stretch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈtɛns/, X-SAMPA: /In"tEns/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛns

Adjective

intense (comparative intenser or more intense, superlative intensest or most intense)

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; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light.

Related terms

• intensely
• intenseness
• intensification
• intensify
• intensity
• intensive

Translations

strained; tightly drawn

• Basque: bizi (eu)
• Catalan: intens (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劇烈 (cmn), 剧烈 (cmn) (jùliè), 激烈 (cmn) (jīliè)

• Czech: intenzivní (cs), silný (cs), vášnivý (cs)
• Finnish: intensiivinen (fi), äärimmäinen (fi)
• French: intense (fr)
• German: intensiv (de)
• Ido: intensa (io)

• Irish: dlúth (ga)
• Italian: intenso (it)
• Japanese: 激烈な (ja) (げきれつな, gekiretsu-na)
• Romanian: intens (ro)
• Russian: интенсивный (ru) (intensívnyj), напряжённый (ru) (naprjažónnyj)
• Spanish: intenso (es)
• Turkish: yoğun (tr)
• Welsh: dwys (cy)

extreme in degree

• Catalan: intens (ca)
• Italian: intenso (it)

• Malay: amat (ms)
• Spanish: intenso (es)

External links

• intense in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• intense in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• intense at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• tennesi, tennies

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Dutch

Adjective

intense

1. the inflected form^FAQ of intens

Anagrams

• niesten

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intensus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

intense (masculine and feminine, plural intenses)

1. intense

Anagrams

• seinent, tiennes

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Italian

Adjective

intense pl

1. feminine form of intenso

Anagrams

• sentine

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Latin

Adjective

intense

1. vocative masculine singular of intensus