Synonyms for dense
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dens |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɛns |
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Définition of dense
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French dense and directly from Latin densus "thick, crowded; cloudy," perhaps from PIE root *dens- "dense, thick" (cf. Greek dasus "hairy, shaggy"). Sense of "stupid" is first recorded 1822.
- adj compressed, thick
- adj slow, stupid
- Persons of every class are crowded together, here, in one dense mass.
- Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
- Volley after volley was poured into the dense mass, at deadly range.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- No break occurred, and presently I was stopped by a dense thicket of bushes.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- The day was sultry, and the heat, even in the dense shade of the jungle, oppressive.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- But when he was a half-mile on the other side he drew into a dense cluster of bushes and waited.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- The light was dim, the liquor was villainous, and the air was dense with tobacco smoke.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- The dogs started a hare, and pursued it into a dense thicket.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- Immediately in front in a dense column our own horse moved forwards.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- There was a thicket of holly and underwood, as dense as a jungle, close about the door.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- Then he crawled into the heart of a dense thicket and waited.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
Antonyms for dense
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