tense

tense synonyms

edgy compare tense and edgy
uneasy compare tense and uneasy
anxious compare tense and anxious
nervous compare tense and nervous
on edge compare tense and on edge
jumpy compare tense and jumpy
uptight compare tense and uptight
apprehensive compare tense and apprehensive
strained compare tense and strained
jittery compare tense and jittery
worried compare tense and worried
agitated compare tense and agitated
fidgety compare tense and fidgety
twitchy compare tense and twitchy
wired compare tense and wired
nervy compare tense and nervy
restless compare tense and restless
overwrought compare tense and overwrought
stressed compare tense and stressed
stressy compare tense and stressy
ill at ease compare tense and ill at ease
keyed up compare tense and keyed up
restive compare tense and restive
worked up compare tense and worked up
in a state compare tense and in a state
neurotic compare tense and neurotic
disturbed compare tense and disturbed
taut compare tense and taut
strung out compare tense and strung out
het up compare tense and het up
on pins and needles compare tense and on pins and needles
fearful compare tense and fearful
strung up compare tense and strung up
fretful compare tense and fretful
overstrung compare tense and overstrung
on tenterhooks compare tense and on tenterhooks
excitable compare tense and excitable
troubled compare tense and troubled
uncomfortable compare tense and uncomfortable
unquiet compare tense and unquiet
frightened compare tense and frightened
in a tizzy compare tense and in a tizzy
like a cat on a hot tin roof compare tense and like a cat on a hot tin roof
sensitive compare tense and sensitive
unsettled compare tense and unsettled
unstable compare tense and unstable
scared compare tense and scared
shaky compare tense and shaky
fraught compare tense and fraught
with one's stomach in knots compare tense and with one's stomach in knots

tense definitions

noun

  • Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. 

  • The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. 

  • An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense. 

verb

  • To apply a tense to. 

  • To make tense. 

  • To become tense. 

adj

  • Pulled taut, without any slack. 

  • Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed. 

noun verb adj