Intensity
noun
The amount or level of something that is very strong.
The intensity of the sunlight was blinding.
Often appears as...
- intensity of light
- intensity of color
noun
The quality of being very serious and felt or done with a lot of energy.
He talked with an intensity that was almost frightening.
Often appears as...
- intensity of feeling
- intensity of emotion
Usage tips
Approving
noun
The energy with which a signal is broadcast or sent.
The intensity of the wireless signal decreases as you move away from the router.
Often appears as...
- intensity of signal
- intensity of wireless connection
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The brightness or richness of a color.
The intensity of the red makes the painting more impactful.
Often appears as...
- intensity of color
- intensity of hue
Usage tips
Neutral
Technical
noun
The amount or level of something that is very strong.
The intensity of the sunlight was blinding.
Often appears as...
- intensity of light
- intensity of color
noun
The quality of being very serious and felt or done with a lot of energy.
He talked with an intensity that was almost frightening.
Often appears as...
- intensity of feeling
- intensity of emotion
Usage tips
Approving
noun
The energy with which a signal is broadcast or sent.
The intensity of the wireless signal decreases as you move away from the router.
Often appears as...
- intensity of signal
- intensity of wireless connection
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The brightness or richness of a color.
The intensity of the red makes the painting more impactful.
Often appears as...
- intensity of color
- intensity of hue
Usage tips
Neutral
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Strength
Think of 'intensity' as a concentrated level of a feeling or quality, suggesting something extreme or forceful.
The intensity of her joy was contagious.
Pro Tip 2/2Often Overwhelming
'Intensity' often indicates that something is powerful enough to have a significant impact or to overwhelm.
The storm's intensity knocked down power lines.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Strength
Think of 'intensity' as a concentrated level of a feeling or quality, suggesting something extreme or forceful.
The intensity of her joy was contagious.
Pro Tip 2/2Often Overwhelming
'Intensity' often indicates that something is powerful enough to have a significant impact or to overwhelm.
The storm's intensity knocked down power lines.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Strength
Think of 'intensity' as a concentrated level of a feeling or quality, suggesting something extreme or forceful.
The intensity of her joy was contagious.
Pro Tip 2/2Often Overwhelming
'Intensity' often indicates that something is powerful enough to have a significant impact or to overwhelm.
The storm's intensity knocked down power lines.
Never forget "Intensity"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
What makes a poem … a...
and filled with vivid images. Compare her language to a haiku, the ancient Japanese poetic form that emphasizes bursts of brief intensity with just three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. The waters of poetry run wide and deep. Poetry has evolved over time, and perhaps now more than ever,
Video examples
How does your brain...
associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Pain is something we experience, so it's best measured by what you say it is. Pain has an intensity; you can describe it on a scale from zero, no pain, to ten, the most pain imaginable. But pain also has a character,
Video examples
The difference between...
The first is intensity. I haven't seen you in a couple days. I've missed you. I've missed you too. I haven't seen you in five minutes. It feels like a lifetime. What have you been doing without me for five whole minutes? It's been three minutes.
Video examples
How to understand power...
if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions. And so the sixth source of power is numbers, lots of humans. A vocal mass of people creates power by expressing collective intensity of interest and by asserting legitimacy.
Video examples
How do cigarettes affect...
They work by stimulating nicotine receptors in the brain and thus preventing withdrawal symptoms, without the addition of other harmful chemicals. Counselling and support groups, cognitive behavioral therapy, and moderate intensity exercise
Video examples
The surprising science...
impact less intensity and much less duration that people expect them to have effect a recent study this almost fleurs me a recent study showing how major life traumas affect people suggests that if it happened over three months ago with
Video examples
How Marijuana Works PIPE...
doubt on whether this affects the intensity of the high but it does jack up the amount of tar they inhale to four times that of an unfiltered cigarette the tar attacks the small hair like cilia to protect the lungs and paralyzes
Video examples
Life Beyond the Sun by...
intensity and glamour of your orbit and some they paid the price for it they shattered lost their lives for it grew ridges wounds their ice our drift and drawn around you slicing crisp yet perfect magic while you sit impossible
Video examples
The agony of opioid...
At the time, I thought this was all pretty miserable. That's because I didn't know what was coming. At the beginning of week two, my life got much worse. As the symptoms dialed up in intensity,
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
and thirty pounds there was an undeniable intensity to the man his forehead was deeply lined his eyes were piercing his cheekbones were high his teeth were perfect and white his smile
Video examples
What makes a poem … a...
and filled with vivid images. Compare her language to a haiku, the ancient Japanese poetic form that emphasizes bursts of brief intensity with just three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. The waters of poetry run wide and deep. Poetry has evolved over time, and perhaps now more than ever,
Video examples
How does your brain...
associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Pain is something we experience, so it's best measured by what you say it is. Pain has an intensity; you can describe it on a scale from zero, no pain, to ten, the most pain imaginable. But pain also has a character,
Video examples
The difference between...
The first is intensity. I haven't seen you in a couple days. I've missed you. I've missed you too. I haven't seen you in five minutes. It feels like a lifetime. What have you been doing without me for five whole minutes? It's been three minutes.
Video examples
How to understand power...
if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions. And so the sixth source of power is numbers, lots of humans. A vocal mass of people creates power by expressing collective intensity of interest and by asserting legitimacy.
Video examples
How do cigarettes affect...
They work by stimulating nicotine receptors in the brain and thus preventing withdrawal symptoms, without the addition of other harmful chemicals. Counselling and support groups, cognitive behavioral therapy, and moderate intensity exercise
Video examples
The surprising science...
impact less intensity and much less duration that people expect them to have effect a recent study this almost fleurs me a recent study showing how major life traumas affect people suggests that if it happened over three months ago with
Video examples
How Marijuana Works PIPE...
doubt on whether this affects the intensity of the high but it does jack up the amount of tar they inhale to four times that of an unfiltered cigarette the tar attacks the small hair like cilia to protect the lungs and paralyzes
Video examples
Life Beyond the Sun by...
intensity and glamour of your orbit and some they paid the price for it they shattered lost their lives for it grew ridges wounds their ice our drift and drawn around you slicing crisp yet perfect magic while you sit impossible
Video examples
The agony of opioid...
At the time, I thought this was all pretty miserable. That's because I didn't know what was coming. At the beginning of week two, my life got much worse. As the symptoms dialed up in intensity,
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
and thirty pounds there was an undeniable intensity to the man his forehead was deeply lined his eyes were piercing his cheekbones were high his teeth were perfect and white his smile
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Estella Warren
Canadian Model
You really don't do anything else in your life; it's a very little bubble that you grow up in. And you have to live in that bubble because of the intensity of the sport.
Quote examples
Colin Powell
American Statesman
If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed.
Quote examples
Dan Gable
American Wrestler
A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.
Quote examples
Zakk Wylde
American Musician
Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
Quote examples
William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
Quote examples
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Indian Businesswoman
The capping of cash transactions will help the banks reduce cash intensity.
Quote examples
Judah Friedlander
American Actor
I'm a big Pacino fan. He's a great actor: so much passion and intensity.
Quote examples
Nolan Bushnell
American Businessman
Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.
Quote examples
Donald Cerrone
American Athlete
It's a relaxed intensity I've got to live my life in.
Quote examples
Rafael Nadal
Spanish Athlete
I have lived my whole life with high intensity.
Quote examples
Estella Warren
Canadian Model
You really don't do anything else in your life; it's a very little bubble that you grow up in. And you have to live in that bubble because of the intensity of the sport.
Quote examples
Colin Powell
American Statesman
If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed.
Quote examples
Dan Gable
American Wrestler
A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.
Quote examples
Zakk Wylde
American Musician
Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
Quote examples
William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
Quote examples
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Indian Businesswoman
The capping of cash transactions will help the banks reduce cash intensity.
Quote examples
Judah Friedlander
American Actor
I'm a big Pacino fan. He's a great actor: so much passion and intensity.
Quote examples
Nolan Bushnell
American Businessman
Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.
Quote examples
Donald Cerrone
American Athlete
It's a relaxed intensity I've got to live my life in.
Quote examples
Rafael Nadal
Spanish Athlete
I have lived my whole life with high intensity.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension