tensen

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verb

To become tense or more tense.

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Meanings

verbtensen (third-person singular simple present tensens, present participle tensening, simple past and past participle tensened)

present singular third person tensens · participle present tensening · participle past tensened · past tensened

  1. intransitiveTo become tense or more tense.

    A small muscle in Gabriel's jaw tensened. He turned away his face.

    2015, Olga Hoekstra, Angel's Blood
    2 more examples

    At first he was shocked and his body tensened then he put an arm around me “well duh,” he joked and even though I was mad at him I laughed at his joke.

    2013, Megan Bond, Devil's Kiss, page 62

    I realized, suddenly, that I had been tensening with a steady, burning frustration.

    2019, Lawrence Lariar, Win, Place, and Die!

Origin

From tense + -en.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Nenetssennet
Cite this entry
APA

tensen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tensen

MLA

“tensen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tensen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tensen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tensen.

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