tension




tension - 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
  • tension - thesaurus

    stress   tautness   tenseness   tensity