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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 48% | 8 | Taut or tightly drawn | |
3 | 37% | 10 | Taut or strained, as a wire | |
Taut Strained Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "TENSE" which means:
- 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
An example sentence would be:
- • "She looked tense during the meeting."
- • "His muscles were tense after the intense workout."
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