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tense
adjective as in tight, stretched
adjective as in under stress, pressure
Strongest matches
agitated, anxious, apprehensive, edgy, excited, jittery, nervous, restive, shaky, strained, stressful, uneasy
Strong matches
choked, clutched, concerned, moved, moving, shot, unnerved, wired, worried, worrying, wreck
Weak matches
beside oneself, bundle of nerves, fidgety, fluttery, high-strung, hung up, hyper, in a tizzy, jumpy, nerve-racking, nervous wreck, on edge, overanxious, overwrought, queasy, restless, shot to pieces, strung-out, unquiet, up the wall, uptight, white knuckled, wound-up
Example Sentences
Many Americans are tense and emotional because of the election.
Setting off from Edgwick Park in Foleshill, by the time marchers entered the city centre "it all got a bit tense", he remembers.
Polls closed in Ohio at 7:30 p.m., beginning the tense wait for results in the 2024 election.
Ofwat and water firms have been locked in tense negotiations over how much they will be able to charge for the five years from April next year.
The mood was celebratory but Democrats are tense.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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