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TENSE

'TENSE' is a 5 letter word starting with T and ending with E

Crossword clues for 'TENSE'

ClueAnswer
All wired up (5)TENSE
All in knots (5)
Grammar topic (5)
Present, e.g. (5)
Taut; strained (5)
Present, say (5)
Not relaxed (5)
In need of a massage (5)
It may be perfect (5)
Time in grammar (5)
Grammar class subject (5)
Future perfect, for one (5)
Under stress (5)
In need of a back rub, say (5)
Like a close game, usually (5)
In need of a backrub (5)
A bundle of nerves (5)
In need of a chill pill (5)
All keyed up (5)
Emotionally charged (5)

Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for TENSE

We hope that the following list of synonyms for the word tense will help you to finish your crossword today. We've arranged the synonyms in length order so that they are easier to find.

3 letter words

ICY - LAX - LOW - MID - TAX - TUG

4 letter words

BACK - COLD - COOL - DRAW - EDGE - EDGY - FIRM - FLAT - FLEX - HARD - HAUL - HIGH - OPEN - PAST - PULL - RACK - SOFT - SURD - TAUT - TERM - TIDE - TIME - WEAK - WIDE

5 letter words

ANTSY - BRACE - BROAD - CHILL - CLOSE - DRAWN - DUREE - FRONT - FUSSY - GLIDE - HEAVE - HEAVY - JUMPY - LIGHT - MUTED - NASAL - NERVY - PITCH - PRESS - RIGID - RUSTY - SPACE - STIFF - TENSE - THICK - TIGHT - TONAL - TONIC - UPSET - VELAR - VOWEL - WHILE

6 letter words

AORIST - APICAL - CHILLY - DENTAL - DORSAL - EXTEND - FROSTY - FUTURE - LABIAL - LET OUT - LIQUID - NARROW - ON EDGE - PERIOD - PHONIC - PULLED - QUEASY - SONANT - SQUARE - STRAIN - STRESS - STRONG - TAUTEN - TOUCHY - TWANGY - UNEASY - VOCOID - VOICED

7 letter words

ANXIOUS - CENTRAL - CHECKED - DRAG OUT - DRAW OUT - FEARFUL - FIDGETY - FRAUGHT - GLOSSAL - GLOTTAL - IN A STEW - INTENSE - JITTERY - KEYED UP - KEYED-UP - LATERAL - LINGUAL - NERVOUS - OVERTAX - OXYTONE - PALATAL - PERFECT - PITCHED - PRESENT - PRODUCE - PROLONG - RESTIVE - RODLIKE - ROUNDED - SCREW UP - SHORE UP - SINKING - SPIN OUT - SPUN OUT - STARCHY - STIFFEN - STOPPED - STRETCH - TENSION - THE PAST - THROATY - TIGHTEN - TRICE UP - UNQUIET - UPTIGHT - VIRGATE - VOCALIC - WORRIED - WOUND UP - ZEALOUS

8 letter words

ACCENTED - AGITATED - ALVEOLAR - BARYTONE - BILABIAL - BOTHERED - CEREBRAL - CONTINUE - DRAWN OUT - DRAWN-OUT - DURATION - DURATIVE - ELECTRIC - ELONGATE - EXTENDED - FLUTTERY - GUTTURAL - INIMICAL - LENGTHEN - ON TIPTOE - PHONEMIC - PHONETIC - PRETERIT - PROTRACT - RENITENT - RESTLESS - RIGIDIFY - STARCHED - STRAINED - STRESSED - SYLLABIC - TROUBLED - UNGENIAL - VOLATILE - WORKED UP - WORRYING

9 letter words

CACUMINAL - CONCERNED - CONSONANT - DISTURBED - ELONGATED - EMOTIONAL - EXPLOSIVE - IMPERFECT - IN A PUCKER - INTONATED - MISGIVING - NASALIZED - OCCLUSIVE - OVEREXERT - PERTURBED - POKERLIKE - POSTTONIC - PROLONGED - QUIVERING - REINFORCE - RETROFLEX - SEMIVOWEL - SENSITIVE - SPACE-TIME - STRESSFUL - STRETCHED - STRING OUT - STRUNG OUT - THE FUTURE - UNAMIABLE - UNCORDIAL - UNRELAXED - UNRESTFUL - UNROUNDED - UNSETTLED - VOICELESS - VOWELLIKE - WORRISOME - WROUGHT UP

10 letter words

ALL-OVERISH - CHRONOLOGY - CONTINUANT - CONTINUITY - DISQUIETED - DISTRESSED - DISTURBING - DRAGGED OUT - FOREBODING - HIGH-STRUNG - IN SUSPENSE - LABIOVELAR - LENGTHENED - OVEREXTEND - OVERSTRAIN - PHARYNGEAL - PLUPERFECT - POINT TENSE - PROLONGATE - PROTRACTED - RAMRODLIKE - SOLICITOUS - STRAGGLING - STRENGTHEN - STRETCH OUT - SWEAT BLOOD - THE PRESENT - UNACCENTED - UNAMICABLE - UNFRIENDLY - UNSOCIABLE - UNSTRESSED

11 letter words

ANXIOUSED UP - APICO-DENTAL - ARTICULATED - ASSIMILATED - CONSONANTAL - DISQUIETING - DISTRESSING - LABIODENTAL - LASTINGNESS - LENGTHEN OUT - OVERANXIOUS - OVERWROUGHT - PALATALIZED - PAST PERFECT - PROLONGATED - SUSPENSEFUL - TIMEBINDING

12 letter words

APPREHENSIVE - DISACCORDANT - DISSIMILATED - INCOMPATIBLE - INHOSPITABLE - NERVE-RACKING - STRETCHED OUT - UNDER A STRAIN - UNHARMONIOUS

13 letter words

APICO-ALVEOLAR - FUTURE PERFECT - MONOPHTHONGAL - ON TENTERHOOKS

14 letter words

PHARYNGEALIZED - PRESENT PERFECT - STIFF AS BUCKRAM - STRETCHED TIGHT

15 letter words

WITH BATED BREATH

16 letter words

OVERAPPREHENSIVE - PROGRESSIVE TENSE - STRAIN EVERY NERVE - WITH MUSCLES TENSE

17 letter words

HISTORICAL PRESENT - PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME

Definition of tense

  • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"
  • become tense, nervous, or uneasy; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
  • increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"
  • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

Anagrams of tense

ENETS - ESTEN - SENET - SENTE - STEEN - TEENS - TENES


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