单词 | tense |
例句 | tense adjective 1.•the tense muscles of his neck:taut, tight, rigid, stretched, strained, stiff. ANT slack, loose. 2.•Loretta was feeling tense and irritable:anxious, nervous, on edge, edgy, antsy, strained, stressed, under pressure, agitated, ill at ease, fretful, uneasy, restless, strung out, worked up, wound up, keyed up, overwrought, jumpy, on tenterhooks, with one's stomach in knots, worried, apprehensive, panicky, neurotic | informal uptight, het up, stressed out, jittery, twitchy, squirrelly, in a state, a bundle of nerves. ANT relaxed, calm. 3.•a tense moment:nerve-racking, stressful, anxious, worrying, fraught, charged, strained, nail-biting, suspenseful, uneasy, difficult, uncomfortable | exciting, cliffhanging, knife-edge | informal hairy, white-knuckle. ANT relaxing.▶verb •Hebden tensed his muscles:tighten, tauten, tense up, flex, contract, brace, stiffen | screw up, knot, strain, stretch, squinch up. ANT relax.WORD TOOLKIT See |
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