TENSENESS

tension, tenseness, stress

(noun) (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; “he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension”; “stress is a vasoconstrictor”

tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness

(noun) the physical condition of being stretched or strained; “it places great tension on the leg muscles”; “he could feel the tenseness of her body”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tenseness (countable and uncountable, plural tensenesses)

The characteristic of being tense.

(phonetics) A particular vowel or consonant quality that is phonemically contrastive in many languages, including English.

Source: Wiktionary



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