untense
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
untense (comparative more untense, superlative most untense)
- Not tense.
Verb[edit]
untense (third-person singular simple present untenses, present participle untensing, simple past and past participle untensed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) be no longer tense; to relax or loosen.
- 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
- It's incredible the wave of relaxation that has swept over me in the past few hours. Walking down the street, I didn't even have to concentrate on untensing in my facial muscles (which I realize are so often twisted up).
- 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure