tensed up adj

tensed up adj
['tɛnsd'ʌp]
teso (-a)

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  • tensed up — adj [not before noun] informal feeling so nervous or worried that you cannot relax ▪ Brian got so tensed up he could hardly speak …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tensed — tens n. inflection, verbal time (Grammar) v. pull taught, stretch tight; make anxious or nervous; become anxious or nervous; become tight, contract adj. strained, taut, rigid, nervous, stressful …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tense — tense1 tensely, adv. tenseness, n. /tens/, adj., tenser, tensest, v., tensed, tensing. adj. 1. stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid. 2. in a state of mental or nervous strain; high strung; taut: a tense person …   Universalium

  • uncomfortable — adj 1. embarrassing, discomforting, discomposing, disturbing, distressing, disconcerting, upsetting; unpleasant, disagreeable, painful, hard, rough, difficult, trying, nerve racking; irritating, irksome, annoying, troublesome, bothersome. 2.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • tense — [[t]te̱ns[/t]] tenses, tensing, tensed, tenser, tensest 1) ADJ GRADED A tense situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because they do not know what is going to happen next. This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the… …   English dictionary

  • horn — hornish, adj. hornless, adj. hornlessness, n. hornlike, adj. /hawrn/, n. 1. one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep,… …   Universalium

  • tense — {{11}}tense (adj.) stretched tight, 1660s, from L. tensus, pp. of tendere to stretch (see TENET (Cf. tenet)). Sense of in a state of nervous tension is first recorded 1821. {{12}}tense (n.) form of a verb showing time of an action or state, early …   Etymology dictionary

  • tense — Tight, rigid, or strained; characterized by anxiety and psychological strain. [L. tensus, pp. of tendo, to stretch] * * * tense ten(t)s adj, tens·er; tens·est 1) stretched tight: made taut or rigid <the skeletal musculature involuntarily… …   Medical dictionary

  • tense — tense1 [tens] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: stretched , from the past participle of tendere; TEND] 1.) a situation in which you feel very anxious and worried because of something bad that might happen →↑tension tense… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • isometric — [ī΄sə met′rik] adj. [< Gr isometros < isos, equal + metron, measure (see METER1) + IC] 1. of, indicating, or having equality of measure 2. CUBIC (sense 3) 3. of or having to do with isometrics n …   English World dictionary

  • tense — tense1 [tens] adj. tenser, tensest [L tensus, pp. of tendere, to stretch < IE * tend < base * ten , to stretch > THIN] 1. stretched tight; strained; taut 2. feeling, showing, or causing mental strain; anxious 3. Phonet. articulated with… …   English World dictionary

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