1. intense - Adjective
2. intense - Adjective Satellite
Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days. Robin Williams
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. Eric Hoffer
The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism. Arthur Miller
Although pepper is tiny, its taste is intense. Hungarian Proverb
One moment of intense happiness prolongs life by a thousand years. Japanese Proverb
Intense motivation is a more important commodity than talent. Traditional Proverb