tense
21tense — 1 adjective 1 feeling very nervous and worried because of something bad that might happen: The robbers were tense as they waited the long minutes for the van to arrive. | tense moment/atmosphere etc: Marion spoke, eager to break the tense silence …
22tense — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tens time, tense, from Anglo French, from Latin tempus Date: 14th century 1. a distinction of form in a verb to express distinctions of time or duration of the action or state it denotes 2. a. a set of… …
23tense — Tight, rigid, or strained; characterized by anxiety and psychological strain. [L. tensus, pp. of tendo, to stretch] * * * tense ten(t)s adj, tens·er; tens·est 1) stretched tight: made taut or rigid <the skeletal musculature involuntarily… …
24tense — I [[t]tɛns[/t]] adj. tens•er, tens•est, 1) stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid 2) in a state of mental or nervous strain; high strung: a tense person[/ex] 3) characterized by a strain upon the nerves or feelings: a tense… …
25tense — I adj. tense with (tense with anxiety) II n. (grammar) the future; future perfect; past; past perfect; present; progressive tense * * * [tens] future perfect past past perfect present progressive tense (grammar) the future tense with …
26tense — 1. adjective 1) the tense muscles of his neck Syn: taut, tight, rigid, stretched, strained, stiff Ant: slack, loose 2) Loretta was feeling tense and irritable Syn …
27tense — I. /tɛns / (say tens) adjective (tenser, tensest) 1. stretched tight, as a cord, fibre, etc.; drawn taut; rigid. 2. in a state of mental or nervous strain, as a person. 3. characterised by a strain upon the nerves or feelings: a tense moment. 4.… …
28tense — Synonyms and related words: accented, agitated, all overish, alveolar, antsy, anxious, anxioused up, aorist, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, apprehensive, articulated, assimilated, back, barytone, bilabial, bothered, brace, broad, cacuminal …
29tense — 1. adjective 1) tense muscles Syn: taut, tight, rigid, stretched, strained, stiff 2) Loretta was feeling tense Syn: anxious, nervous, on edge, edgy, strained …
30tense — 1. Taut. Iha iha, liolio; pa apū o loko (repressed). 2. Grammar. Wā (Cf. Gram. 5.2, 5.3). Present tense, wā ānō. Future tense, wā e hiki mai ana. Past tense, wā i hala …
