Adjective
1. tense
2. aroused, wound up, cliff-hanging, suspenseful, suspensive, nail-biting, drawn, taut, edgy, high-strung, highly strung, in suspense, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight, electric, isotonic, nervous, strained, unrelaxed, pumped-up, pumped up, pumped, wired, agitated, uneasy, tense
3. constricted, tense
Noun
1. overstrung, taut, tight, tight, grammatical category
Verb
1. syntactic category, strain
2. tighten, change
3. alter, modify, tense up
4. change state, turn, strain
5. tense up, affect
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