tense#3 (a)

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type a
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def in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
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Also see agitated; uneasy
Derivationally related form tense → tenseness
Antonym tense → relaxed
Similar to aroused, wound up; cliff-hanging, suspenseful, suspensive, nail-biting; taut; antsy, fidgety, fretful, itchy; edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight; electric; isotonic; nervous; strained; unrelaxed; pumped-up(a), pumped up(p), pumped(p), wired
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Also see agitated; uneasy
Similar to aroused, wound up; cliff-hanging, suspenseful, suspensive, nail-biting; taut; antsy, fidgety, fretful, itchy; edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight; electric; isotonic; nervous; strained; unrelaxed; pumped-up(a), pumped up(p), pumped(p), wired
Antonym relaxed → tense
Derived from adjective tensely → tense
Derivationally related form tenseness → tense

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