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| Main Entry: | tense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tight, stretched |
| Synonyms: | close, firm, rigid, stiff, strained, taut |
| Antonyms: | limp, limpid, loose, slack, relaxed |
| Main Entry: | tense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | under stress, pressure |
| Synonyms: | agitated, anxious, apprehensive, beside oneself*, concerned, edgy, excited, fidgety, high-strung*, hung up*, jittery, jumpy, moved, moving, nerve-racking, nervous, on edge, overwrought, queasy, restive, restless, shaky, shot*, strained, uneasy, uptight*, wired*, worried, worrying, wreck*, bundle of nerves, choked, clutched, fluttery, hyper, in a tizzy, keyed up, nervous wreck, overanxious, shot to pieces, stressful, strung out, unnerved, unquiet, up the wall, white knuckled, wound up |
| Antonyms: | calm, laid-back, uncaring, easy-going, relaxed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | constrict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inhibit |
| Synonyms: | choke, circumscribe, clench, compress, concentrate, condense, confine, contract, cramp, curb, limit, narrow, pinch, restrain, restrict, shrink, squeeze, strangle, tense, tighten, tuck, astringe, constringe, draw together, strangulate, tauten |
| Antonyms: | expand, free, loosen, open, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | dramatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting, moving |
| Synonyms: | affecting, breathtaking, comic, effective, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, startling, striking, sudden, tense, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, tragic, vivid, climactic, electrifying, suspenseful, tragicomic |
| Antonyms: | normal, ordinary, unexciting, unmoving, usual, comedic, undramatic |
| Main Entry: | edgy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
| Synonyms: | anxious, critical, excitable, excited, high-strung, ill at ease, impatient, irascible, irritable, restive, restless, skittish, tense, touchy, uneasy, uptight, keyed up, overstrung |
| Antonyms: | calm, composed, laid-back, easy-going |
| Main Entry: | electric/electrical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charged; energetic |
| Synonyms: | dynamic, exciting, magnetic, rousing, stimulating, stirring, tense, thrilling, AC, DC, electrifying, juiced, motor-driven, power-driven, voltaic |
| Antonyms: | boring, unexciting, uncharged, unenergetic |
| Main Entry: | explosive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | volatile, dangerous |
| Synonyms: | bursting, charged, consequential, ebullient, fiery, forceful, frenzied, hazardous, impetuous, meteoric, overwrought, perilous, raging, rampant, stormy, tense, touchy, ugly, uncontrollable, unstable, vehement, violent, wild, at the boiling point, convulsive, detonating, detonative, eruptive, fulminant, fulminating |
| Antonyms: | calm, peaceful, safe |
| Main Entry: | high-strung |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
| Synonyms: | edgy, excitable, impatient, restless, tense |
| Main Entry: | hunch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cower, crouch |
| Synonyms: | arch, bend, bow, curve, huddle, hump, lean, squat, stoop, tense, draw in, draw together, scrooch down |
| Antonyms: | stand, straighten |
| Main Entry: | ill at ease |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling at ease |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, awkward, disturbed, doubtful, edgy, fidgety, hesitant, insecure, nervous, nervous, on edge*, on edge, restless, self-conscious, shy, suspicious, tense, uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsettled, unsure, discomfited, disquieted, faltering, on pins and needles, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks, out of place, unrelaxed |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, content, at ease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irritable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tempered, crabby |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, cantankerous, carping, choleric, complaining, contentious, cross, crotchety, disputatious, dissatisfied, dyspeptic, fiery, fractious, fretful, gloomy, grouchy, grumbling, hasty, hot, huffy, hypercritical, irascible, moody, morose, peevish, petulant, plaintive, prickly, querulous, quick-tempered, sensitive, snappy, surly, tense, testy, touchy, bearish, brooding, crabbed, easily offended, exasperated, fretting, ill-humored, out of humor, oversensitive, resentful, snarling |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, nice |
| Main Entry: | jittery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
| Synonyms: | antsy*, anxious, apprehensive, edgy, excitable, fidgety, high-strung*, jumpy, on edge*, quivering, restless, shaky, skittish, tense, uneasy, uptight, on pins and needles, panicky, spooked, trembling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jumpy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nervous |
| Synonyms: | agitated, antsy*, anxious, apprehensive, creepy*, excitable, excited, fidgety, frisky, high-strung*, jittery, on edge*, restless, sensitive, shaky, skittish, tense, timorous, on pins and needles, spooked, unrestful |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, composed, laid-back, easy-going |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nerve-racking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressing |
| Synonyms: | annoying, disquieting, disturbing, irksome, irritating, maddening, taxing, tense, trying, aggravating, exasperating, stressful, upsetting |
| Main Entry: | nervous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, annoyed, apprehensive, basket case*, bothered, concerned, distressed, disturbed, edgy, excitable, fidgety, fitful, fussy*, hesitant, high-strung*, hysterical, irritable, jittery*, jumpy*, nervy*, neurotic, on edge*, overwrought, querulous, restive, sensitive, shaky*, shrinking, shy, skittish, snappish, solicitous, taut, tense, timid, timorous, troubled, uneasy, unstrung, upset, uptight, volatile, weak, wired*, worried, flustered, ruffled, spooked, twitchy, unrestful |
| Antonyms: | brave, calm, unafraid, unnervous, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overworked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn out |
| Synonyms: | exhausted, fatigued, strained, stressed out, tense, burned out, overburdened, overloaded, overtaxed, stressed, under stress |
| Main Entry: | overwrought |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhausted and excited |
| Synonyms: | affected, agitated, beside oneself*, crazy, distracted, emotional, excitable, frantic, high*, nervous, neurotic, on edge*, overexcited, overworked, spent, tense, tired, uneasy, unstrung, uptight*, weary, wired, worn, all shook up, fired-up, flipped out, freaked-out, hot under collar, hot-and-bothered, hyper, in a state, keyed-up, overstrung, steamed up, stirred, strung-out, worked-up, wound-up |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, cool, rested, unruffled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | phobic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, anxious, apprehensive, disturbed, frightened, irrational, jittery, jumpy, nervous, neurotic, scared, shy, skittish, tense, worried, discomposed, disquieted, have cold feet, panicky |
| Main Entry: | restive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impatient, nervous |
| Synonyms: | agitated, balky, contrary, edgy, fidgety, fractious, fretful, froward, ill at ease, jittery, jumpy, nervy, obstinate, on edge, ornery*, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, restless, stubborn, tense, uneasy, unruly, unyielding, uptight |
| Notes: | restive means impatient or fidgety under pressure or restraint; restless is being uneasy, unquiet, or unable to relax or rest |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, patient, relaxed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stiffen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become harder |
| Synonyms: | anneal, benumb, brace, cake, candy, cement, chill, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, curdle, firm, fix, freeze, harden, inflate, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, precipitate, prop, reinforce, set, solidify, stabilize, starch, steady, strengthen, tense, thicken, gel, inspissate, tauten |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, loosen, melt |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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