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Intensity

The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.

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Narrower term 13

Badness 76% connected

The state of being bad.

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Crescendo 76% connected

With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, i…

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Emphasis 76% connected

A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to im…

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Ferocity 76% connected

Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Fury 76% connected

A thief.

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Headiness 76% connected

The quality of being heady.

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Severity 76% connected

The quality or state of being severe.

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Strength 76% connected

The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force;…

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Vehemence 76% connected

The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence.

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Violence 76% connected

The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.

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Wildness 76% connected

The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; dis…

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Broader term 4

Degree 76% connected

A step, stair, or staircase.

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Grade 76% connected

A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of fl…

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Level 76% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Magnitude 76% connected

Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness.

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Deepen 74% connected

To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

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Deepen 74% connected

To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

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Intense 74% connected

Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

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Intense 74% connected

Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

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Intensify 74% connected

To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

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Intensify 74% connected

To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

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Loud 66% connected

Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder.

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Loud 66% connected

Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder.

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Soft 66% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Soft 66% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Synonym 5

Intensiveness 92% connected

The quality or state of being intensive; intensity.

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Loudness 92% connected

The quality or state of being loud.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Saturation 92% connected

The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Strength 92% connected

The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Volume 92% connected

A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.

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