tensen

English

Etymology

From tense +‎ -en.

Verb

tensen (third-person singular simple present tensens, present participle tensening, simple past and past participle tensened)

1. (intransitive) To become tense or more tense.
   • 2013, Megan Bond, Devil's Kiss, page 62:

     At first he was shocked and his body tensened then he put an arm around me “well duh,” he joked and even though I was mad at him I laughed at his joke.

   • 2015, Olga Hoekstra, Angel's Blood:

     A small muscle in Gabriel's jaw tensened. He turned away his face.

   • 2019, Lawrence Lariar, Win, Place, and Die!:

     I realized, suddenly, that I had been tensening with a steady, burning frustration.

Derived terms

• tensening

Anagrams

• Nenets, Tennes, ennets, sennet

Spanish

Verb

tensen

1. inflection of tensar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative