Related Words for tense

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WordSyllablesCategories
uptight
x/
Adjective, Noun
tight
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
taut
/
Verb, Adjective, Verb
suspenseful
x/x
Verb, Adjective
strain
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
jumpy
/x
Verb, Adjective
nervous
/x
Adjective, Adjective
restive
/x
Adjective, Adjective
isotonic
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
edgy
/x
Adjective, Adjective
wired
/x
Adjective, Adjective
jittery
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
electric
x/x
Adjective, Adjective, Name
drawn
/
Name, Adjective
aroused
x/
Adjective, Adjective
constricted
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
in suspense
xx/
Phrase, Adjective
pumped up
//
Phrase, Adjective
wound up
//
Phrase, Adjective
relaxed
x/
Adjective, Adjective
uneasy
x/x
Adjective
fraught
/
Noun
tension
/x
Noun
intense
x/
Adjective
frantic
/x
Adjective
testy
/x
Noun
uncomfortable
x/xxx
Adjective
contentious
x/x
Adjective
awkward
/x
Adjective
fractious
/x
Adjective
anxious
/x
Adjective
unsettled
x/x
Adjective
unnerving
x/x
Adjective
tumultuous
x/xx
Adjective
eventful
x/x
Adjective
thrilling
/x
Adjective
fretful
/x
Adjective
somber
/x
Adjective
moody
/x
Name
unpleasantly
x/xx
Adverb
excruciatingly
x/xxxx
Adverb
fidgety
/xx
Adjective
twitchy
/x
Adjective
combative
x/x
Adjective
gripping
/x
Verb
frenetic
x/x
Adjective
agitated
/xxx
Adjective
eerie
/x
Noun
painful
/x
Adjective
claustrophobic
xx/x
Adjective
panicky
/xx
Adjective
chaotic
x/x
Adjective
palpably
/xx
Adverb
strangely
/x
Adverb
shaky
/x
Adjective
irritable
/xxx
Adjective
hectic
/x
Adjective
uncertain
x/x
Adjective
sombre
/x
Adjective
grim
/
Adjective
stormy
/x
Adjective
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
ominous
/xx
Adjective
precarious
x/xx
Adjective
fearful
/x
Adjective
frenzied
/x
Adjective
ambiguous
x/xx
Adjective
unusually
x/xxx
Adverb
pensive
/x
Adjective
turbulent
/xx
Adjective
harrowing
/xx
Noun
antsy
/x
Adjective
calm
/
Noun
unnaturally
x/xxx
Adverb
glum
/
Noun
tremulous
/xx
Adjective
protracted
x/x
Adjective
mildly
/x
Adverb
surreal
x/
Adjective
stative
xx
Adjective
confrontational
xx/xx
Adjective
acrimonious
xx/xx
Adjective
angry
/x
Adjective
touchy
/x
Adjective
weirdly
/x
Adverb
tiring
/x
Noun
portentous
x/x
Adjective
furious
/xx
Adjective
present tense
/x/
Phrase, Noun
verb
/
Noun
countable
/xx
Adjective
imperative
x/xx
Noun
form
/
Noun
subjunctive
/xx
Noun
dynamic
x/x
Adjective
verbal
/x
Adjective
mode
/
Noun
mood
/
Noun
modal
/x
Adjective
incipient
x/xx
Adjective
activity
x/xx
Noun
inflection
x/x
Noun
infinitive
x/xx
Noun
injunctive
x/x
Noun
progressive
x/x
Adjective
voice
/
Noun
state
/
Noun
conditional
x/xx
Adjective
passive
/x
Adjective
restrictive
x/x
Adjective
occurrence
x/x
Noun
dependent
x/x
Adjective
indicative
x/xx
Adjective
genitive
/xx
Noun
morpheme
/x
Noun
ascites
xx
Noun
bullae
/x
Noun
affix
/x
Noun
copula
/xx
Noun
suffix
/x
Noun
marker
/x
Noun
crouch
/
Noun
auxiliary
x/xx
Noun
blisters
/x
Noun
watchfulness
/xx
Noun
silence
/x
Noun
vowels
/x
Noun
hush
/
Noun
atmosphere
/xx
Noun
expectancy
x/xx
Noun
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
muscle
/x
Noun, Verb
stillness
/x
Noun
thriller
/x
Noun
tiredness
/xx
Noun
whisper
/x
Noun
quiet
/x
Noun
conjugation
xx/x
Noun
switching
/x
Noun
prefix
/x
Noun
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
adjective
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
antecedent
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
aorist
x/x
Noun, Adjective
at ease
//
Phrase, Adjective
bitter
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
breathless
/x
Adjective
busy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
carefree
/x
Adjective
changed
/
Adjective
cranky
/x
Adjective
crick
/
Noun, Verb
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
decompress
xx/
Verb
deteriorating
x/xxxx
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
disordered
x/x
Adjective
disturbed
x/
Adjective
eager
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
extend
x/
Verb, Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
fragile
/x
Adjective, Noun
frustrating
/xx
Adjective
future
/x
Noun, Adjective
future tense
/x/
Phrase, Noun
happier
/xx
Adjective
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heated
/x
Adjective
hopeful
/x
Adjective, Noun
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
imp
/
Noun, Verb
imperfect
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
intensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
lax
/
Adjective, Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
loose
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
loosen up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
massage
x/
Noun, Verb
nerve
/
Noun, Verb
nominative
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
outstretched
x/
Adjective
participle
/xxx
Noun
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
past tense
//
Phrase, Noun
perfect
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
perfective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
pressure
/x
Noun, Verb
restful
/x
Adjective
rigid
/x
Adjective, Noun
saddest
/x
Adjective, Noun
scared
/
Adjective
severe
x/
Adjective, Noun
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
singular
/xx
Noun, Adjective
situation
xx/x
Noun
sorrowful
/xx
Adjective
soured
/x
Adjective
stiff
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
straight
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
strenuous
/xx
Adjective
stress
/
Noun, Verb
stretch
/
Noun, Verb
strict
/
Adjective
subject
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tormented
/xx
Adjective
tough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
troubled
/x
Adjective
unwind
x/
Verb, Noun
volatile
/xx
Adjective, Noun
voltage
/x
Noun
warm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
worried
/x
Adjective
yet
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb