Intense

//ɪnˈtɛns//

Synonyms for "intense" (254 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Adjective(1 words)
acute

Strong matches (76)

Adjective(2 words)
darkdark colour

Related words (127)

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Adjective(3 words)
languidsadsombre
Adjective(1 words)
vivid
Prep_phrase(1 words)
with a vengeance

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Translations

102 translations across 42 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • σφοδρός adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • σύντονος adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • σύντονος adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Arabic

1 entries
  • شَدِيد adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • gərgin adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • gərgin adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Basque

1 entries
  • bizi adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • моцны adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • празмерны adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • інтэнсы́ўны adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • интензивен adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • напрегнат adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Catalan

2 entries
  • intens adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • intens adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 劇烈 /剧烈 adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)
  • 激烈 adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Czech

3 entries
  • intenzivní adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)
  • silný adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)
  • vášnivý adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Dutch

1 entries
  • intens adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • виян adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • intensa adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Finnish

4 entries
  • huikea adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • huima adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • hurja adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • intensiivinen adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

French

1 entries
  • intense adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Galician

2 entries
  • intenso adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • intenso adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

German

2 entries
  • hochgradig adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • intensiv adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अतिमात्र adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • प्रचंड adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Ido

1 entries
  • intensa adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • intens adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)
  • sangat adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Irish

4 entries
  • an adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • dian adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • dian adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • dlúth adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Italian

2 entries
  • intenso adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • intenso adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Japanese

3 entries
  • きつい adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)
  • 激しい adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • 激烈な adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қарқынды adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Korean

2 entries
  • 강렬한 adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • 극심한 adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • на́прегнат adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)
  • пре́теран adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • преку́мерен adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • си́лен adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Malay

1 entries
  • amat adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Middle English

2 entries
  • sad adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • stith adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Māori

4 entries
  • kitakita adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • mātaratara adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • ngoto adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • tīwerawera adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • intensiv adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • intensiv adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • سرت adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • كسكین adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Polish

2 entries
  • intensywny adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • intensywny adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • intenso adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • tenso adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Romanian

2 entries
  • intens adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • intens adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Russian

4 entries
  • интенси́вный adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • интенси́вный adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)
  • напряжённый adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)
  • си́льный adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • दारुण adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Spanish

2 entries
  • intenso adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • intenso adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • matindi adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Telugu

3 entries
  • అతి adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • అత్యంత adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)
  • తీవ్రమైన adj (extreme or very high or strong in degree)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yoğun adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • інтенси́вний adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Welsh

1 entries
  • dwys adj (under tension — see also strained, tense)

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

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The heat is intense.

Source: tatoeba (19176)

Due to the intense sunlight, his back was sunburnt.

Source: tatoeba (19230)

External pressure grows ever more intense.

Source: tatoeba (21845)

Far from stopping, the storm became much more intense.

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