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Definitions for Tenseness

[1] stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid.
[2] in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung; taut: a tense person.
[3] characterized by a strain upon the nerves or feelings: a tense moment.
[4] Phonetics . pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles; narrow. Compare lax(def 7) .
[5] to make or become tense.
[6] stretched or stressed tightly; taut or rigid
[7] under mental or emotional strain
[8] producing mental or emotional strain a tense day
[9] (of a speech sound) pronounced with considerable muscular effort and having relatively precise accuracy of articulation and considerable duration in English the vowel ( iː ) in ``beam'' is tense Compare lax (def. 4)
[10] (often foll by up) to make or become tense
[11] grammar a category of the verb or verbal inflections, such as present, past, and future, that expresses the temporal relations between what is reported in a sentence and the time of its utterance

Words related to Tenseness

tensevigor, emotion, strength, severity, power, tension, fury, energy, excitement, earnestness, depth, magnitude, fervor, anxiety, concentration, ferocity, nervousness, hardship, crunch, agony

Words nearby Tenseness

tensetenpins, tenpounder, tenrec, tens, tensas, tense, tense logic, tensegrity, tensible, tensile, tensile strength

Origin of Tenseness

11660–70; < Latin tēnsus past participle of tendere to stretch; see tend1

Other words from Tenseness

tense·ly , adverb
tense·ness , noun
un·tens·ing , adjective

Word origin for Tenseness

C14: from Old French tens time, from Latin tempus

Synonyms for Tenseness

anxiety, concentration, depth, earnestness, emotion, energy, excitement, ferocity, fervor, fury, magnitude, power, severity, strength, tension, vigor, acuteness, ardor, deepness, emphasis, excess, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferociousness, fervency, fierceness, fire, force, forcefulness, keenness, might, nervousness, potency, sharpness, strain, vehemence, violence, volume, weightiness, wildness, high pitch, intenseness