intensity
- the quality or condition of being intense.
- great energy, strength, concentration, vehemence, etc., as of activity, thought, or feeling: He went at the job with great intensity.
- a high or extreme degree, as of cold or heat.
- the degree or extent to which something is intense.
- a high degree of emotional excitement; depth of feeling: The poem lacked intensity and left me unmoved.
- the strength or sharpness of a color due especially to its degree of freedom from admixture with its complementary color.
- Physics. magnitude, as of energy or a force per unit of area, volume, time, etc.
- Speech.
- the correlate of physical energy and the degree of loudness of a speech sound.
- the relative carrying power of vocal utterance.
Origin of intensity
Synonyms for intensity
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for intensity
vigor, emotion, strength, severity, power, tension, fury, energy, excitement, earnestness, depth, magnitude, fervor, anxiety, concentration, ferocity, force, keenness, sharpness, strainExamples from the Web for intensity
Contemporary Examples of intensity
He was just seamlessly being this person—the ferocity and intensity was incredible.
Amina Alzouma (“Young Girl”) surprised us all with her disturbingly beautiful displays of vulnerability and intensity.
Nitehawk Shorts Festival: ‘Brute,’ a Twisted Take on Playing in the DarkJulia Grinberg
November 28, 2014
“You are bringing someone into an atmosphere of intensity, and adding a lot of pressure to a first-time meeting,” says Berman.
The intensity of the airstrikes needs to reflect that urgency.
The story is simple and one that belies the intensity of the conflict.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban ValleyMatt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman
November 15, 2014
Historical Examples of intensity
He wanted Avice Milbrey,—wanted her with an intensity as unreasoning as it was resistless.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
She spoke softly, but with an intensity of supreme feeling in her voice.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
Yet, in the intensity of her utterance, the feeble whisper struck like a shriek of horror.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
It is all Hamlet over again, Hamlet wrought up to a higher pitch of intensity.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
No one ever felt this intensity of jealous rage about a mother or a sister.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
intensity
- the state or quality of being intense
- extreme force, degree, or amount
- physics
- a measure of field strength or of the energy transmitted by radiationSee radiant intensity, luminous intensity
- (of sound in a specified direction) the average rate of flow of sound energy, usually in watts, for one period through unit area at right angles to the specified directionSymbol: I
- Also called: earthquake intensity geology a measure of the size of an earthquake based on observation of the effects of the shock at the earth's surface. Specified on the Mercalli scaleSee Mercalli scale, Richter scale