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Definition of Tenseness
1. Noun. The physical condition of being stretched or strained. "He could feel the tenseness of her body"
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Specialized synonyms: Tone, Tonicity, Tonus
Derivative terms: Taut, Tense, Tense, Tense, Tense
2. Noun. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense. "Stress is a vasoconstrictor"
Category relationships: Psychological Science, Psychology
Generic synonyms: Mental Strain, Nervous Strain, Strain
Specialized synonyms: Yips, Breaking Point
Derivative terms: Stress, Tense
Definition of Tenseness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being tense. ¹
2. Noun. (phonetics) A particular vowel or consonant quality that is phonemically contrastive in many languages, including English. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenseness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenseness
Literary usage of Tenseness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Gynaecological and Obstetrical Journal (1898)
"In this exercise the forearms are flexed upon the arms, the fists closed, and a
certain degree of tenseness of the muscles maintained. ..."
2. Homoeopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1879)
"Bleeding ulcers, destitute of feeling^; hard, spongy, and sensitive ulcers, with
a feeling of tenseness and soreness ; pus copious, bloody, and corroding, ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Tensi ble,ductile. Tension, n I. Stretching, straining. Tern, ч. Sea*swallow. 2.
Stiffness, tenseness, rigor, tensity. 3. Strain, rigor, severe effort. 4. ..."
4. The Sailing of a Refugee Ship: A Little Record of the Voyage of the Principe by Arno Behnke (1914)
"Gradually the tenseness which had at first prevailed grew less, and finally this
gave way to a general feeling of relief and ease, so that the ship began to ..."
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