| NOUN | state | tenseness, tension, tensity, tautness | the physical condition of being stretched or strained |
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| state | tenseness, tension, stress | (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense |
| Meaning | The physical condition of being stretched or strained. | |
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| Example | "he could feel the tenseness of her body" | |
| Synonyms | tension, tensity, tautness | |
| Narrower | tonicity, tonus, tone | The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli |
| Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
| Spanish | tensión, tirantez | |
| Catalan | tensió | |
| Adjectives | tense | taut or rigid |
| Meaning | (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense. | |
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| Synonyms | tension, stress | |
| Category | psychology, psychological science | The science of mental life |
| Narrower | breaking point | (psychology) stress / stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial |
| yips | nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts) | |
| Broader | strain, mental strain, nervous strain | (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress |
| Spanish | agotamiento, estrés, fatiga, stress, tensión | |
| Catalan | esgotament, estrès, fatiga, tensió | |
| Adjectives | tense | in or of a state of physical or nervous tension |
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