intense

intense is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
2. adjective. 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.
3. adjective. (of color) having the highest saturation

   "vivid green"

   "intense blue"

   Synonyms: vivid

4. adjective. extremely sharp or intense

   "acute pain"

   "felt acute annoyance"

   Synonyms: acute

5. adjective. possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

   "intense heat"

   "intense anxiety"

Synonyms

vivid, acute

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in intense:

ensient, sennite, sentine, tennesi, tennies

Common word forms

intenser, intensely, intensest, intenseness

Words from these letters

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