intense

/ɪnˈtens/ adjective

Definition

EXTREME › extreme or very strong: intense heat/pain

SERIOUS › Intense people are very serious, and usually have strong emotions or opinions: He's always been very intense.

intensely adverb › Clare disliked him intensely. intensity noun [U]

(Definition of intense adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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