Tenseness: meaning, definitions and examples

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tenseness

 

[ หˆtษ›nsnษ™s ]

Noun
Context #1 | Noun

feeling

The state or quality of being tense; tautness.

Synonyms

rigidity, stiffness, tautness

Examples of usage

  • He could feel the tenseness in the room as they waited for the results.
  • The tenseness in her voice indicated her nervousness.
Context #2 | Noun

linguistics

Pronunciation with relatively tense muscles; a quality of vowels or syllables.

Synonyms

muscular tension in speech, vowel tension

Examples of usage

  • The tenseness in his pronunciation made it hard to understand him.
  • Linguists study the tenseness of vowels in different languages.

Translations

Translations of the word "tenseness" in other languages:

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น tensรฃo

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ เคคเคจเคพเคต

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Anspannung

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ketegangan

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ะฝะฐะฟั€ัƒะถะตะฝั–ัั‚ัŒ

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ napiฤ™cie

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ็ทŠๅผต

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท tension

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ tensiรณn

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท gerginlik

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท ๊ธด์žฅ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ุชูˆุชุฑ

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ napฤ›tรญ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ napรคtie

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ็ดงๅผ 

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ napetost

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ spenna

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ า›ะฐั‚ั‚ั‹ ั‚ะพะปา›ัƒ

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช แƒ“แƒแƒซแƒแƒ‘แƒฃแƒšแƒแƒ‘แƒ

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ gษ™rginlik

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ tensiรณn

Etymology

The word 'tenseness' originated from the Middle English word 'tensenesse', which comes from the Old French 'tensenesse'. The suffix '-ness' is used to indicate a state or quality. The concept of tenseness has been studied in various fields such as psychology, linguistics, and physical therapy.

See also: pretense, tensely.

Word Frequency Rank

This word's position of #32,483 indicates it's among the more rare English words. While understanding it broadens your vocabulary, focus on more common words first.