Tra từ intense - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·tense AW [intense intenser intensest] BrE [ɪnˈtens] NAmE [ɪnˈtens] adjective
1. very great; very strong
Syn: ↑extreme
•intense heat/cold/pain
•The President is under intense pressure to resign.
•the intense blue of her eyes
•intense interest/pleasure/desire/anger
2. serious and often involving a lot of action in a short period of time
•intense competition
•It was a period of intense activity.
3. (of a person)having or showing very strong feelings, opinions or thoughts about sb/sth
•an intense look
•He's very intense about everything.
compare ↑intensive
Derived Word: ↑intensely

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin intensus ‘stretched tightly, strained’, past participle of intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’.

Thesaurus:
intense adj.
•There was an intense relationship between mother and son.
passionate • • fierce • • heated • • violent • • fiery • |sometimes disapproving emotional • |especially written ardent • • fervent •
intense/passionate/fierce/heated/emotional about sth
a/an intense/passionate/fierce/heated/fiery/emotional debate
intense/fierce/violent opposition

Example Bank:
•He was a softly-spoken, intense man.
•He was startled by the intense blue of her eyes.
•He's very intense about everything.
•It was a period of intense debate.
•She met his intense gaze.
•There has been intense speculation about divisions in the party.
•There was an intense relationship between mother and son.
•We were all suffering in the intense heat.