intense

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 20.83 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
2. adjective Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high or strong degree.
3. adjective Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest, passionate.

   intense study

4. adjective Of a person: very emotional or passionate.

   The artist was a small, intense man with piercing blue eyes.

5. adjective Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.

Similar words

saturated overwhelming intensive violent strong severe vehement consuming vivid fierce

Often followed by

and interest heat that than in as pain competition

Word family

intensely intenseness intensenesses intenser intensest intensification intensified intensifies intensify intensifying