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tense
Synonyms and Antonyms of tense
1
feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty
aggrieved, bothered, concerned, disquieted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, freaked, freaked-out, shook-up
apprehensive, foreboding, hesitant, misgiving
fretful, fretting, stewing, vexed
flustered, twittered, undone, unnerved, unstrung
obsessed, preoccupied, restless
fidgety, flighty, fluttery, high-strung, hypertense, skittish, spooky
keyed up, on edge, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks
2
marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings
3
stretched with little or no give
tense
Synonyms and Antonyms of tense
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