Tensing

Synonyms for "tensing" (25 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(5 words)

anxiety anxious conjugation constrict contracted

Strong matches (8)

Noun(7 words)

contracting flexing fret nervouspreparatory tighteningstiffen stiffening

Adjective(1 words)

contractive

Related words (12)

Noun(12 words)

strain taut tautening tensetense markingtension tensioning tight tighten tighteningwire tensionworry

Related word relations

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More general

10 entries

actionaction processatmosphere descriptoremotional stategrammatical featurephysiological processphysiological stateprocess statestate descriptor

More specific

21 entries

anxietyanxious moodcable tighteningcontractedfuture tense markingimperfect markingjaw clenchmuscle contractionmuscle tensingnervous atmospherenervousnesspast tense markingpreparatory contractionpreparatory tighteningpresent tense markingrope tautening

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Collocations

15 entries

jaw tensingjaw tensionmuscle tensingmuscle tensionneck tensingpast tense markingpresent tense markingshoulder tensiontensing musclestensing neck musclestensing of musclestensing of verbstensing shoulderstensing the bodytensing up

Inflections

5 entries

tensed tenser tenses tensest tensings

Derivations

5 entries

tense tensed tensely tenseness tension

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

tensings of the muscles

Source: wiktionary

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