Definition of "tenser" [tenser]

• Comparative form of tense: more tense (adjective)

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• "Over 90 tense minutes of regular time and 30 tenser minutes of extra time it went."
• "The parents try to be polite, but as they dance around awkward differences in sensibility and parenting, the afternoon becomes tenser and tenser until tensions explode."
• "Instead of making me feel better, though, the walking makes me even tenser and more worried than when I was just pacing inside the apartment."