Intense
adjective
Very strong or extreme.
He has an intense desire to win the competition.
Often appears as...
- intense desire
- intense pain
adjective
Showing or involving a lot of effort or energy.
The actor was praised for his intense performance.
Often appears as...
- intense concentration
- intense effort
adjective
Very serious and earnest.
She has an intense personality.
Often appears as...
- intense debate
- intense scrutiny
adjective
Very bright or deep in color.
The artist used intense colors in his painting.
Often appears as...
- intense color
- intense shade
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Very strong or extreme.
He has an intense desire to win the competition.
Often appears as...
- intense desire
- intense pain
adjective
Showing or involving a lot of effort or energy.
The actor was praised for his intense performance.
Often appears as...
- intense concentration
- intense effort
adjective
Very serious and earnest.
She has an intense personality.
Often appears as...
- intense debate
- intense scrutiny
adjective
Very bright or deep in color.
The artist used intense colors in his painting.
Often appears as...
- intense color
- intense shade
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Intense often carries emotional weight, to express deep feelings or strong urgency.
His apology was intense and heartfelt.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Overuse
Using 'intense' too often can diminish its impact. Save it for truly extreme situations or feelings.
Surviving the hurricane was an intense experience.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
While intense can imply discomfort, it can also be used positively, like intense joy.
She felt an intense sense of relief after the call.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Intense often carries emotional weight, to express deep feelings or strong urgency.
His apology was intense and heartfelt.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Overuse
Using 'intense' too often can diminish its impact. Save it for truly extreme situations or feelings.
Surviving the hurricane was an intense experience.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
While intense can imply discomfort, it can also be used positively, like intense joy.
She felt an intense sense of relief after the call.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Intense often carries emotional weight, to express deep feelings or strong urgency.
His apology was intense and heartfelt.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Overuse
Using 'intense' too often can diminish its impact. Save it for truly extreme situations or feelings.
Surviving the hurricane was an intense experience.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
While intense can imply discomfort, it can also be used positively, like intense joy.
She felt an intense sense of relief after the call.
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The Atlantic slave...
By selling them, kings enriched their own realms, and strengthened them against neighboring enemies. African kingdoms prospered from the slave trade, but meeting the European's massive demand created intense competition. Slavery replaced other criminal sentences, and capturing slaves became a motivation for war,
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Tim Urban: Inside the...
These people were writing with intense frustration about what procrastination had done to their lives, about what this Monkey had done to them. And I thought about this, and I said, well, if the procrastinator's system works, then what's going on? Why are all of these people in such a dark place?
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Can You Survive...
they finally freed one leg but my other was still wedged hard and I was starting to get tired such intense pressure on your legs can cause deep vein thrombosis I'm only submerged to my hips if you're unlucky enough to go down as far as your neck then there's a good chance that the
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How does fracking work?...
Deep underground lies stores of once inaccessible natural gas. This gas was likely formed over millions of years as layers of decaying organisms were exposed to intense heat and pressure under the Earth's crust. There's a technology called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking,
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Avoiding desertification...
intense grazing of cattle you could emulate what happened with ancient herds and basically give grasslands the the churn and the nutrients that they need to grow and avoid desertification and a lot of people would said wow that's the most hopeful thing I've heard in ages
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Why do people join...
Other methods may be more intense using techniques of coercive persuasion involving guilt, shame, and fear. And in many cases, members may willingly submit out of desire to belong and to attain the promised rewards. The cult environment discourages critical thinking,
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The unexpected math...
that in a period of intense suffering, Van Gogh was somehow able to perceive and represent one of the most supremely difficult concepts nature has ever brought before mankind, and to unite his unique mind's eye with the deepest mysteries of movement, fluid and light.
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How interpreters juggle...
While one colleague is busy translating incoming speeches in real time, the other gives support by locating documents, looking up words, and tracking down pertinent information. Because simultaneous interpretation requires intense concentration,
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How to spot a fad diet -...
A few simple guidelines, though, can help differentiate between a diet that is beneficial in maintaining long-term health, and one that only offers temporary weight changes. Here's the first If a diet focuses on intensely cutting back calories
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Fire and Feast PIPE A...
striking the earth head-on at the equator it's here that they deliver the most intense solar energy on the planet enabling life to flourish
Video examples
The Atlantic slave...
By selling them, kings enriched their own realms, and strengthened them against neighboring enemies. African kingdoms prospered from the slave trade, but meeting the European's massive demand created intense competition. Slavery replaced other criminal sentences, and capturing slaves became a motivation for war,
Video examples
Tim Urban: Inside the...
These people were writing with intense frustration about what procrastination had done to their lives, about what this Monkey had done to them. And I thought about this, and I said, well, if the procrastinator's system works, then what's going on? Why are all of these people in such a dark place?
Video examples
Can You Survive...
they finally freed one leg but my other was still wedged hard and I was starting to get tired such intense pressure on your legs can cause deep vein thrombosis I'm only submerged to my hips if you're unlucky enough to go down as far as your neck then there's a good chance that the
Video examples
How does fracking work?...
Deep underground lies stores of once inaccessible natural gas. This gas was likely formed over millions of years as layers of decaying organisms were exposed to intense heat and pressure under the Earth's crust. There's a technology called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking,
Video examples
Avoiding desertification...
intense grazing of cattle you could emulate what happened with ancient herds and basically give grasslands the the churn and the nutrients that they need to grow and avoid desertification and a lot of people would said wow that's the most hopeful thing I've heard in ages
Video examples
Why do people join...
Other methods may be more intense using techniques of coercive persuasion involving guilt, shame, and fear. And in many cases, members may willingly submit out of desire to belong and to attain the promised rewards. The cult environment discourages critical thinking,
Video examples
The unexpected math...
that in a period of intense suffering, Van Gogh was somehow able to perceive and represent one of the most supremely difficult concepts nature has ever brought before mankind, and to unite his unique mind's eye with the deepest mysteries of movement, fluid and light.
Video examples
How interpreters juggle...
While one colleague is busy translating incoming speeches in real time, the other gives support by locating documents, looking up words, and tracking down pertinent information. Because simultaneous interpretation requires intense concentration,
Video examples
How to spot a fad diet -...
A few simple guidelines, though, can help differentiate between a diet that is beneficial in maintaining long-term health, and one that only offers temporary weight changes. Here's the first If a diet focuses on intensely cutting back calories
Video examples
Fire and Feast PIPE A...
striking the earth head-on at the equator it's here that they deliver the most intense solar energy on the planet enabling life to flourish
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Quote examples
Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
I've gotten to go to far-off places in the world, have very unique, isolated, intense experiences for four or five months at a time, and then, kind of like a dream, those things disappear. You may see those people again, but it's never, ever going to be as intense as it was for that time period.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
You hear stories of intense actors who can't shed their character and who don't know who they are for a week or two after. I'm not that guy, man.
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Leo Buscaglia
American Author
I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only salvation is in knowledge, in learning.
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Skip Bayless
American Journalist
I'm over-passionate and in general people think I'm way too intense and way, way, way too hardheaded.
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Robin Williams
American Comedian
If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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Sophie Hunger
Swiss Musician
I love such an intense lifestyle. I feel bad otherwise.
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Jason Clarke
Australian Actor
Anytime you're in fear for your life, it's intense.
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Stephen A. Schwarzman
American Businessman
Live life intensely - I've always believed in that.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
I've gotten to go to far-off places in the world, have very unique, isolated, intense experiences for four or five months at a time, and then, kind of like a dream, those things disappear. You may see those people again, but it's never, ever going to be as intense as it was for that time period.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
You hear stories of intense actors who can't shed their character and who don't know who they are for a week or two after. I'm not that guy, man.
Quote examples
Leo Buscaglia
American Author
I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only salvation is in knowledge, in learning.
Quote examples
Skip Bayless
American Journalist
I'm over-passionate and in general people think I'm way too intense and way, way, way too hardheaded.
Quote examples
Robin Williams
American Comedian
If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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Sophie Hunger
Swiss Musician
I love such an intense lifestyle. I feel bad otherwise.
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Jason Clarke
Australian Actor
Anytime you're in fear for your life, it's intense.
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Stephen A. Schwarzman
American Businessman
Live life intensely - I've always believed in that.
Example 1 of 10
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