Synonyms for tense
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tens |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɛns |
Top 10 synonyms for tense Other synonyms for the word tense
- beside oneself
- bundle of nerves
- choked
- close
- clutched
- concerned
- fidgety
- firm
- fluttery
- high-strung
- hung up
- hyper
- in a tizzy
- jumpy
- keyed up
- moved
- moving
- nerve-racking
- nervous wreck
- on edge
- overanxious
- overwrought
- queasy
- restless
- rigid
- shot
- shot to pieces
- stiff
- stressful
- strung out
- taut
- uneasy
- unnerved
- unquiet
- up the wall
- uptight
- white knuckled
- wired
- worried
- worrying
- wound up
- wreck
Définition of tense
Origin :- "stretched tight," 1660s, from Latin tensus, past participle of tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Sense of "in a state of nervous tension" is first recorded 1821.
- adj tight, stretched
- adj under stress, pressure
- Instead, only a tense horror that touched to the roots of emotion.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- "I don't understand this," said Linda, white lipped and tense.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- They stood before him palpitating like birds, poised, tense for flight.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- How tense they both had been, how afraid of each other, how she had irritated him!
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- The irregularity of the proceeding was unnoticed in the tense excitement.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- He waited, every nerve and fibre of him tense for her answer.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- My memory is good, and I waited in tense eagerness for the phrase that came next.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- They were accustomed to these outbursts of her tense little nature and said no more.
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- She glanced up, and even in the gloom she noticed how white and tense was his face.
- Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
- All tense and trembling with eagerness and desire, he mastered his instinct and stood still.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
Antonyms for tense
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