intense

Adjective

Of extreme force or degree; very strong.
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"

Adjective Satellite

extremely sharp or intense
- "intense itching and burning"
(of color) having the highest saturation
- "intense blue"

Adj

Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
Of a thing: possessing some characteristic to an extreme or very high or strong degree.
Of feelings, thoughts, etc.: strongly focused; ardent, deep, earnest, passionate.
Of a person: very emotional or passionate.
Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.

Examples

intense study
intense thought
The artist was a small, intense man with piercing blue eyes.
The Words With Friends match was so INTENSE, they played for hours without a break.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Middle English intens, intense (“ardent, fervent; extreme, great, intense”), borrowed from Old French intense (modern French intense), or directly from its etymon Latin intēnsus (“strained, stretched tight; intense; attentive; violent; (rare) eager, intent”), the perfect passive participle of intendō (“to stretch out, strain”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + tendō (“to extend, stretch”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to extend, stretch”)).

Synonyms

acute, vivid

Antonyms

mild

Scrabble Score: 7

intense: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
intense: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
intense: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

intense: valid Words With Friends Word