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tenseness
| Main Entry: |
intensity
 [in-ten-si-tee] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passion, force |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, anxiety, ardor, concentration, deepness, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, energy, excess, excitement, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferociousness, ferocity, fervency, fervor, fierceness, fire, force, forcefulness, fury, high pitch, intenseness, keenness, magnitude, might, nervousness, potency, power, severity, sharpness, strain, strength, tenseness, tension, vehemence, vigor, violence, volume, weightiness, wildness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, dullness, inactivity, laziness, lethargy, moderation |
| Main Entry: | nerves |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme anxiety |
| Synonyms: | fretfulness, hysteria, imbalance, irritation, nervousness, neurasthenia, sleeplessness, strain, stress, tenseness, tension |
| Antonyms: | calm, coolness |
| Main Entry: | stress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical or mental pressure |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, alarm, albatross, anxiety, apprehensiveness, burden, clutch, crunch, disquiet, disquietude, distention, draw, dread, expectancy, extension, fear, fearfulness, ferment, flutter, force, hardship, hassle, heat, impatience, intensity, misgiving, mistrust, nervous tension, nervousness, oppression, overextension, passion, protraction, pull, restlessness, spring, strain, stretch, tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity, tightness, traction, trauma, trepidation, trial, urgency, worry |
| Antonyms: | indifference, relaxation |
| Main Entry: | tension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tightness |
| Synonyms: | astriction, balance, constriction, force, pressure, rigidity, stiffness, strain, straining, stress, stretching, tautness, tenseness, tensity |
| Antonyms: | limpness, looseness, relaxation, slack |
| Main Entry: | irritation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sensitivity |
| Synonyms: | excitability, hypersensitivity, inflammation, irritability, oversensitiveness, oversensitivity, rawness, soreness, susceptibility, susceptibleness, tenderness, tenseness |
| Main Entry: | heebie-jeebies |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jitters |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, dither, fidget, fidgets, jump, jumps, nerves, shakes, shiver, shivers, tenseness, tremble, willies |
| Main Entry: | soreness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irritation |
| Synonyms: | excitability, hypersensitivity, inflammation, irritability, oversensitiveness, oversensitivity, rawness, susceptibility, susceptibleness, tenderness, tenseness |
| Main Entry: | vehemency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intensity |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, anxiety, ardor, concentration, deepness, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, energy, excess, excitement, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferociousness, ferocity, fervency, fervor, fierceness, fire, force, forcefulness, fury, high pitch, intenseness, keenness, magnitude, might, nervousness, pitch, potency, power, severity, sharpness, strain, strength, tenseness, tension, vehemence, vigor, violence, volume, weightiness, wildness |
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