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adjective • in or of a state of physical or nervous tension • pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') • taut or rigid; stretched tight noun • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time verb • become stretched or tense or taut • increase the tension on • become tense, nervous, or uneasy • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | ||||||||
| 34% | 8 | Wound up | ||||||
adjective • bearing a stress or accent adjective satellite • suffering severe physical strain or distress | ||||||||
| 34% | 10 | Wound up | ||||||
adjective satellite • having come or been brought to a conclusion • (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end | ||||||||
All Wound Up
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TENSE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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TENSE
Updated: October 11, 2023
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