tenseness
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tenseness
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ten - se - ness -> tenseness
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၁။ (က) စိတ်အိုက်သော။ စိတ်ထောင်းခြင်းခံနေရ သော။ He's a very tense person. ❍ look tense and under pressure.
(ခ) အခြေအနေတင်းမာသော။ a tense moment/atmosphere/meeting ❍ The game is getting very tense.
၂။ ဖိစီးနေသော။ faces tense with anxiety.
၃။ တင်းသော။ a tense wire.
v ~ (sth) (up) တင်းမာသည်။ တောင့်သည်။ She tensed, hearing the noise again. ❍ He waited for the race to start, his muscles tensed (up).
❏ be/get tensed up [IDM ] နေမထိထိုင်မထိဖြစ်သည်။ Players get very tensed up before a match. tensely adv, tenseness n [U]
ကြိယာ၏ကာလကိုဖော်ပြသောသဏ္ဌာန်။ the present/past/future tense.
More examples
- A tense situation/atmosphere
- [a tense silence] : There was a tense silence as everyone waited for his reaction.
- [a tense atmosphere] : The atmosphere in the courtroom was extremely tense.
- He was tired, but too tense to sleep.
- The city remains tense after Monday’s bombing.
- She was gently massaging the tense muscles of his neck.
Synonyms
anxious, nervous, stressed, edgy, overwrought, uptight, on edge, apprehensive, agitated, astringe, be numb, beside oneself, bundle of nerves, caked, caking, candied, choked, close, clutched, concerned, constrict, curdled, curdling, draw in, draw together, drawing together, excited, fidgety, firm, firming, flex, fluttery, gel, gelling, go rigid, high-strung, humped, hunch, hung up, hyper, in a tizzy, jellied, jittery, jumpy, keyed up, make tighter, moved, moving, nerve-racking, nervous wreck, overanxious, overextend, overextended, pressure, put in traction, put on trial, queasy, restive, restless, rigid, rigidified, rigidify, scrooch down, shaky, shot, shot to pieces, starched, steadying, stiff, stiffen, strained, strangulate, stress, stressful, stretched, strung out, taut, tauten, tense up, tensed, tensing, tight, tighten, twitchy, under stress, uneasy, unnerved, unquiet, up the wall, white knuckled, wired, worried, worrying, wound up, wreck
Antonyms
breathe easy, calm, collect oneself, compose oneself, composed, cool off, cooling off, ease off, easy-going, feel at home, flexible, hang loose, hanging loose, happy, laid-back, lay down, let go, let oneself go, letting go, lie down, limp, limpid, loose, loosen up, loosening up, lose speed, losing speed, lying down, make oneself at home, put feet up, put one's feet up, relax, relaxed, settle back, simmer down, sit around, sit back, slack, slow down, slowed down, slowing down, soft, stop work, take a break, take a breather, take it easy, take one's time, take ten, take time out, taking a break, taking it easy, taking one's time, unafraid, unbend, unbent, uncaring, unlax, untroubled, unworried
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