Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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tense | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
nervous | No | Yes | No | No |
tense (noun) | nervous (noun) |
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a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time |
tense (adjective) | nervous (adjective) |
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taut or rigid; stretched tight | of or relating to the nervous system |
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') | unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) |
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension | excited in anticipation |
easily agitated | |
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety |
tense (verb) | nervous (verb) |
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cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | |
become tense, nervous, or uneasy | |
increase the tension on | |
become stretched or tense or taut |