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TENSION

'TENSION' is a 7 letter word starting with T and ending with N

Crossword clues for 'TENSION'

ClueAnswer
Nervous feeling (7)TENSION
Headache cause (7)
Stretched state (7)
Degree of tautness (7)
Strained state (7)

Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for TENSION

We hope that the following list of synonyms for the word tension 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

GOD - JAR - RUB - TUG

4 letter words

CARE - ERIS - FEAR - HAUL - HEAT - PULL - RACK - STEW - ZEAL

5 letter words

ALARM - ANGST - BLOAT - CHILL - CLASH - DEITY - DREAD - FORCE - FROST - HEAVE - NERVE - PINCH - PRESS - RIGOR - TENSE - UPSET - WORRY

6 letter words

CLUTCH - CRISIS - CRUNCH - ENMITY - JANGLE - NERVES - PUCKER - RIGOUR - STRAIN - STRESS - TAXING - UNEASE

7 letter words

ANXIETY - CONCERN - DISCORD - GODDESS - ICINESS - MALAISE - STRETCH - TENSION - TENSITY - TROUBLE - URGENCY

8 letter words

ALL-OVERS - BLOATING - CLASHING - COLDNESS - CONFLICT - COOLNESS - DISQUIET - DISTRESS - EDGINESS - EXIGENCY - FIRMNESS - FRICTION - INSOMNIA - MISCHIEF - PRESSURE - RIGIDITY - SUSPENSE - SWELLING - TAUTNESS - TRACTION - VEXATION

9 letter words

AGITATION - COMMOTION - DISACCORD - DISCORDIA - EMERGENCY - EXTENSION - HOOKE'S LAW - INFLATION - INHARMONY - JUMPINESS - MISGIVING - RENITENCE - RENITENCY - RIGIDNESS - STIFFNESS - STRAINING - TENSENESS - TIGHTNESS

10 letter words

CHILLINESS - CONTENTION - DISCOMFORT - DISHARMONY - DISTENSION - ELONGATION - EXCITEMENT - FOREBODING - INQUIETUDE - OVERSTRAIN - OVERSTRESS - OVERTAXING - PRODUCTION - SOLICITUDE - STRETCHING - UNEASINESS

11 letter words

ANXIOUS SEAT - ANXIOUSNESS - CONCERNMENT - DISAFFINITY - DISCORDANCE - DISCORDANCY - DISQUIETUDE - DISTURBANCE - ELECTRICITY - FIDGETINESS - INIMICALITY - JITTERINESS - LENGTHENING - NERVOUSNESS - OVERANXIETY - OVERDRAWING - PROTRACTION - STARCHINESS - UNGENIALITY - UNQUIETNESS

12 letter words

ANXIOUS BENCH - APPREHENSION - HIGH PRESSURE - MENTAL STRAIN - OPEN CONFLICT - OVEREXERTION - PERTURBATION - PROLONGATION - STRINGING OUT - UNAMIABILITY - UNCORDIALITY

13 letter words

BREAKING POINT - INHOSPITALITY - NERVOUS STRAIN - OVEREXPANSION - OVEREXTENSION - OVERSTRAINING - SNAPPING POINT - STRESSFULNESS - UNSOCIABILITY

14 letter words

ANXIOUS CONCERN - EXTREME TENSION - FOREBODINGNESS - IMPERATIVENESS - NERVOUS TENSION - NONCOOPERATION - OVERDISTENSION - OVERSTRETCHING - PINS AND NEEDLES - UNFRIENDLINESS - UNPLEASANTNESS

15 letter words

ANXIETY HYSTERIA - ANXIETY NEUROSIS - INCOMPATIBILITY - STRESS AND STRAIN

16 letter words

APPREHENSIVENESS - CANKERWORM OF CARE - INCOMPATIBLENESS - INHARMONIOUSNESS - PERSONAL CONFLICT - UNHARMONIOUSNESS

17 letter words

STRAINED RELATIONS

Definition of tension

  • the action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"
  • (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"
  • a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature); "there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time"; "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history"
  • (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
  • the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"

Anagrams of tension

INTONES - TONNIES


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