tensity

[ ten-si-tee ]

noun

1. the state of being tense; tenseness.

tensity

/ ˈtɛnsɪtɪ /

noun

1. a rare word for tension tension tension

Word History and Origins

Origin of tensity¹

From the Medieval Latin word tēnsitās, dating back to 1650–60. See tense ¹, -ity

Example Sentences

There had been a week—a week of curious tensity.

From Literature

That same week, Fitzgerald wrote his editor, Maxwell Perkins, that “Ernest came like a whirlwind. … I felt he was in a state of nervous tensity, that there was something almost religious about it.”

From Los Angeles Times

Now that she was close to him the whiskey made him whirl faster and the tensity of his body mounted.

From Literature

The muscles were strained to their utmost tensity.

From Project Gutenberg

Her face had not regained its color, but the haunted look was gone from her eyes, the tensity from about her lips.

From Project Gutenberg

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