tense
Showing signs of stress or strainShowing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
Meaning
4 sensesShowing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
You need to relax, all this overtime and stress is making you tense.
gespannt, angespannt, verkrampft
напряжённыйnaprjažónnyj
напруженийnapruženyj
Characterized by strain (on the nerves, emotions, etc). (Compare charged.)
Pulled taut, without any slack.
gespannt, straff
туго́йtugój, натя́нутыйnatjánutyj
тугийtuhyj, натя́гнутийnatjáhnutyj
Produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.
напряжённыйnaprjažónnyj
- taut or rigid; stretched tight
- pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in ‘beat’)
- in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
Examples
328 sentencesTom is very tense, isn't he?
Том дуже напружений, чи не так? — deniko
Tom's meeting with his boss was very tense.
Зустріч Тома з начальником була дуже напруженою. — deniko
deToms Besprechung mit seinem Chef war sehr zermürbend. — Zaghawa
Tom seems very tense.
Том вигладає дуже напруженим. — deniko
deTom wirkt sehr angespannt. — wolfgangth
Tom looks very tense.
Том вигладає дуже напруженим. — deniko
ruТом выглядит очень напряжённым. — Selena777
deTom sieht überanstrengt aus. — Esperantostern
I was very tense.
Я був дуже напружений. — deniko
ruЯ был очень напряжён. — marafon
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin tēnsus, one form of the past participle of tendō (“stretch”).Borrowed from Latin tēnsus, one form of the past participle of tendō (“stretch”).
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Forms
tenser, tensestSynonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
6 patterns- a little tense
- was very tense
- seems tense
- looked tense
- little tense
- tense but
See also
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