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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs tense and tension which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

tense
  1. Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
  2. Pulled taut, without any slack.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. taut, tight, rigid, stiff, stretched, strained, firm, tensed, stretched tight, tightened, flexed, hard, unyielding, solid, inflexible, close, snug, stressed, contracted, drawn, strung out, tightly drawn, tightly stretched, not loose, not slack, extended, hypertonic, anxious, nervous, worried, edgy, uneasy, uptight, jittery, jumpy, troubled, nervy, agitated, upset, perturbed, apprehensive, antsy, restless, twitchy, insecure, unquiet, fidgety, disturbed, dithery … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The rope was as tense as a fiddle-string.”
      “At the time, I remember feeling tense about the whole prospect of looking for another career on top of everything else that was happening.”
      “However, unlike the tense atmosphere outside, the atmosphere in the courtyard was extremely joyous.”
tensile
  1. Of or pertaining to tension.
  2. Capable of being stretched; ductile.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. flexible, malleable, ductile, workable, stretchable, stretchy, pliable, pliant, elastic, supple, plastic, soft, moldable, bendable, tractile, yielding, mouldable, bendy, tractable, limber, flexile, whippy, springy, adaptable, fictile, rubbery, shapable, lithe, rubberlike, bouncy, stretch, lissom, extensible, lithesome, lissome, flexuous, transformable, shapeable, waxy, resilient, adjustable, spongy, bending, formable, extensile, willowy, tensible, easily bent, impressible, cushiony … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The vaulted roof is constructed with exposed light tensile trusses that contrast with the rammed earth internal walls.”
      “By one treatment, the tensile strength and elongation may be substantially raised.”
      “For a hydro-fracture to form and propagate, fluid pressure must exceed horizontal stress plus the tensile strength of the overburden.”
tensioned
  1. In tension; strained or pulled on.
tensive
  1. Of or pertaining to tension
  2. Examples:
      3. “The tensive, paradoxical image of childhood forged by the Reformers has much to teach mainline Protestantism.”
      “Gary Burge's essay examines the tensive relationship of John to historical record.”
      “Disadva nt ages i nclude t he ex tensive t ra i ning required and often the large amount of data that has to be migrated.”
tenseless
  1. Lacking grammatical tense
tensional
  1. Relating to tension.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The tensional stresses in the uplift can be relaxed by, for example, underthrusting in a subduction zone, or contraction in surrounding regions.”
      “This compression is significantly reduced in the upper crust above the anomalous central region by the superimposed tensional loading stress.”
      “The elongation is the relative change in length caused by tensional stress.”
tensionless
  1. Having no tension
  2. Examples:
      3. “While getting tensionless, deep and well relaxed sleep, the individual can produce more and feel great doing it.”
      “Gravitational solutions were collected at the litter layer level by four sets of nine thin, tensionless lysimeters to limit the disturbance of the forest floor.”
      “Unfortunately, it's not very good, a humourless, tensionless mess of a kung-fu movie about gangs of handsome teenagers back-flipping around shadowy, futuristic retail parks.”
tensiled
  1. Made tensile.
tenser
  1. comparative form of tense: more tense
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tauter, tighter, rigider, stiffer, firmer, more strained, snugger, more stressed, more drawn, more contracted, more strung out, edgier, uptighter, jitterier, jumpier, nervier, antsier, twitchier, unquieter, fidgetier, queazier, queasier, hinkier, shakier, toeier, spookier, squirrellier, windier, more anxious, more nervous, more worried, more uneasy, more troubled, more agitated, more upset, more perturbed, more apprehensive, more restless, more insecure, more disturbed, more dithery, more aflutter, more overwrought, more wired, more fretful, more concerned, more stressy, more restive … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “As hostilities unfold and become tenser, the sides will inevitably launch multiple defensive and offensive operations.”
      “Where so long I have heard only the brattling and moaning of the wind, what means this tenser, far-piercing sound?”
      “The second semi-final between Nigeria and Colombia was a far tenser affair.”
tensest
  1. superlative form of tense: most tense
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tautest, tightest, rigidest, stiffest, firmest, most strained, snuggest, most stressed, most drawn, most contracted, most strung out, edgiest, uptightest, jitteriest, jumpiest, nerviest, antsiest, twitchiest, unquietest, fidgetiest, queaziest, queasiest, hinkiest, shakiest, toeiest, spookiest, squirrelliest, windiest, most anxious, most nervous, most worried, most uneasy, most troubled, most agitated, most upset, most perturbed, most apprehensive, most restless, most insecure, most disturbed, most dithery, most aflutter, most overwrought, most wired, most fretful, most concerned, most stressy, most restive … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “If he had come across it in a play, he would have watched it with the tensest diligence.”
      “He managed to emphasise his optimism and his elegance in managing power, his talent for relaxing the tensest of atmospheres.”
      “It was the hour in which the boy's sense of overbrooding awe had always been tensest.”
tensed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of tense
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tightened, strained, tautened, braced, stretched, straught, flexed, stiffened, contracted, knotted, screwed up, tensed up, squinched up, constricted, tightened up, made taut, extended, clenched, squeezed, locked, rigidified, made tighter, made rigid, locken, firmed up, pulled tight, strangled, ankylosed, benumbed, steadied, starkened, drew tight, drew taut, drawn tight, drawn taut, made tight, become rigid, made stiff, made tense, become stiff, made stronger, gone rigid, went rigid, became rigid, became stiff, pulled, distended, elongated, lengthened, become tense … more
tensing
  1. present participle of tense
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tightening, straining, tautening, bracing, stretching, flexing, stiffening, contracting, knotting, screwing up, tensing up, squinching up, constricting, clenching, squeezing, locking, making taut, making tighter, extending, tightening up, firming up, pulling tight, going rigid, rigidifying, ankylosing, steadying, starkening, benumbing, becoming rigid, making stiff, making rigid, becoming stiff, making stronger, compressing, condensing, shrinking, compacting, constringing, collapsing, narrowing, capsulizing, capsuling, telescoping, restricting, pinching … more
tensioning
  1. present participle of tension
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