Intenseness

  • 31intense — adjective a) Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought. b) Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; …

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  • 32avidity — noun a) Greediness; strong appetite. to eat with avidity b) Eagerness; intenseness of desire Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity,Overcome your diffidence and natural timidity. Syn: eagerness …

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  • 33fervor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. intenseness, enthusiasm, ardor, passion, zeal. See activity, feeling, heat. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fervency, ardor, zeal, warmth; see enthusiasm 1 . See Synonym Study at enthusiasm . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 34intensity — formed in English 1660s from INTENSE (Cf. intense) + ITY (Cf. ity). Earlier was intenseness (1610s). Sense of extreme depth of feeling first recorded 1830 …

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  • 35devoutness — de vout·ness || nɪs n. reverence, piousness, devotion to religion; seriousness, intenseness …

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  • 36keenness — keen·ness || kɪːnɪs n. sharpness; pungency; cleverness, perceptiveness, astuteness; intenseness; eagerness, enthusiasm …

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  • 37rabidity — n. state of being infected with rabies; fanaticism, extremism; severity, intenseness …

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  • 38rabidness — rab·id·ness || ræbɪdnɪs n. state of being infected with rabies; fanaticism, extremism; severity, intenseness …

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  • 39Evening Sun Turned Crimson, The — by Herbert Huncke (1980)    This is Herbert Huncke’s major book, written in notebook form in the early to mid 1960s. Compared to Huncke’s journal, this book is more thorough and appears to be less cobbled together than its predecessor. Huncke’s… …

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  • 40intense — adjective (intenser, intensest) 1》 of extreme force, degree, or strength: intense concentration. 2》 extremely earnest or serious: an intense young woman. Derivatives intensely adverb intenseness noun Origin ME: from OFr., or from L. intensus… …

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