Clues for the word "TENSION"
We've had 40 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 97 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on September 29, 2026.
Definition of tension
- a. - The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx.
- a. - Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.
- a. - The degree of stretching to which a wire, cord, piece of timber, or the like, is strained by drawing it in the direction of its length; strain.
- a. - The force by which a part is pulled when forming part of any system in equilibrium or in motion; as, the tension of a srting supporting a weight equals that weight.
- a. - A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness.
- a. - Expansive force; the force with which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede from each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as, the tension of vapor; the tension of air.
- a. - The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area.
Referring Clues
- Massage target
- Excitement in the air
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Dramatic device
- Strain
- Unease
- Drama has it
- Slack's opposite
- Tight feeling
- Mental strain
- Nervousness
- Feature of a good action flick
- Dramatist's device
- Choking cause
- Latent hostility
- Emotional strain
- Nervous strain
- Headache cause
- Emotional stress
- Feature of a good action film
- Intones (anag) - stress
- Stretched state
- Stress? One isn't affected
- Rigidity of stone in building
- One isn't affected with stress
- Fraught atmosphere generated by headless 25s
- What daring trapeze artist wants is held back, causing strain
- Isn't one strained by this?
- Stress from having 10 offspring round one
- Result of pressure
- Suspense
- Nervous feeling
- Pressure
- Cliffhanger's quality
- Friction
- Tautness
- Feature of a good drama
- Feature of a suspense film
- Something cut or defused
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - September 29, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 30, 2026
- New York Times - March 14, 2026
- Daily Quick - February 15, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 04, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 17, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 25, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 17, 2024
- Family Time - March 11, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 15, 2024
- Family Time - January 07, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 23, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 12, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 25, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 09, 2023
- Daily Quick - July 17, 2023
- Daily Quick - June 30, 2023
- Mirror Daily - June 18, 2023
- Mirror Daily - May 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - April 07, 2023
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