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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 | ||||||||
| 32% | 7 | Emotional strain | ||||||
noun • (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense • the physical condition of being stretched or strained • a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature) • (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body • feelings of hostility that are not manifest • the action of stretching something tight | ||||||||
| 28% | 6 | Strain or strain off solids from liquid | ||||||
verb • lay bare | ||||||||
Under Emotional Strain In Past Perhaps Crossword Clue
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TENSE which was last seen in the The Guardian Everyman crossword.
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TENSE
Updated: October 15, 2023
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