Definition: (of color) having the highest saturation
Usage: vivid green; intense blue
Similar words: saturated, pure
Definition: (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
Definition: extremely sharp or intense
Usage: acute pain; felt acute annoyance; intense itching and burning
Similar words: sharp
Definition: keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
Usage: a sharp pain; sharp winds
Synonyms: intense
Definition: possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
Usage: intense heat; intense anxiety; intense desire; intense emotion; the skunk's intense acrid odor; intense pain; enemy fire was intense
Similar words: aggravated
Definition: made more severe or intense especially in law
Usage: aggravated assault
Definition: very intense
Usage: a bad headache; in a big rage; had a big (or bad) shock; a bad earthquake; a bad storm
Similar words: blood-and-guts
Definition: marked by great zeal or violence
Usage: real blood-and-guts fiction; blood-and-guts football
Similar words: brutal, unrelenting
Definition: harsh
Usage: the brutal summer sun; a brutal winter
Similar words: cold
Definition: so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
Usage: cold fury gripped him
Similar words: concentrated
Definition: intensely focused
Usage: her concentrated passion held them at bay
Similar words: consuming, overwhelming
Definition: very intense
Usage: politics is his consuming passion; overwhelming joy
Similar words: deep
Definition: extreme
Usage: in deep trouble; deep happiness
Similar words: exquisite, keen
Definition: intense or sharp
Usage: suffered exquisite pain; felt exquisite pleasure
Similar words: extreme, utmost, uttermost
Definition: of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
Usage: extreme cold; extreme caution; extreme pleasure; utmost contempt; to the utmost degree; in the uttermost distress
Similar words: vehement, violent, fierce, trigger-happy, tearing
Definition: marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
Usage: fierce loyalty; in a tearing rage; vehement dislike; violent passions
Similar words: intensified
Definition: made more intense
Usage: the intensified scrutiny of the candidate's background
Similar words: intensive
Definition: characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
Usage: the questioning was intensive; intensive care; research-intensive; a labor-intensive industry
Similar words: main
Definition: of force; of the greatest possible intensity
Usage: by main strength
Similar words: profound
Definition: of the greatest intensity; complete
Usage: a profound silence; a state of profound shock
Similar words: raging
Definition: very severe
Usage: a raging thirst; a raging toothache
Similar words: screaming
Definition: so extremely intense as to evoke screams
Usage: in screaming agony; a screaming rage
Similar words: severe, terrible, wicked
Definition: intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
Usage: severe pain; a severe case of flu; a terrible cough; under wicked fire from the enemy's guns; a wicked cough
Similar words: smart
Definition: painfully severe
Usage: he gave the dog a smart blow
Similar words: strong
Definition: not faint or feeble
Usage: a strong odor of burning rubber
Similar words: terrific
Definition: very great or intense
Usage: a terrific noise; a terrific thunderstorm storm; fought a terrific battle
Definition: (of darkness) very intense
Usage: thick night; thick darkness; a face in deep shadow; deep night
Similar words: unabated
Definition: continuing at full strength or intensity
Usage: the winds are unabated; the popularity of his books among young people continued unabated
Definition: (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
Usage: a violent clash of colors; her dress was a violent red; a violent noise; wild colors; wild shouts