dense

adjcompressed, thick
adjslow, stupid

Synonyms for dense

adj compressed, thick

Antonyms for dense

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for dense

Persons of every class are crowded together, here, in one dense mass.

Volley after volley was poured into the dense mass, at deadly range.

No break occurred, and presently I was stopped by a dense thicket of bushes.

The day was sultry, and the heat, even in the dense shade of the jungle, oppressive.

But when he was a half-mile on the other side he drew into a dense cluster of bushes and waited.

The light was dim, the liquor was villainous, and the air was dense with tobacco smoke.

The dogs started a hare, and pursued it into a dense thicket.

Immediately in front in a dense column our own horse moved forwards.

There was a thicket of holly and underwood, as dense as a jungle, close about the door.

Then he crawled into the heart of a dense thicket and waited.

dense

Synonyms for dense

Antonyms for dense

blockheaded

cloudy

compact

condensed

crass

dense

Synonyms for dense

Antonyms for dense

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