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untense

untense adjective: not tense.

Adjective

untense (comparative more untense, superlative most untense)

  1. Not tense.

Verb

untense (third-person singular simple present untenses, present participle untensing, simple past and past participle untensed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To (cause to) be no longer tense; to relax or loosen.
    • It's incredible the wave of relaxation that has swept over me in the past few hours. Walking down the street, I didn't even have to concentrate on untensing in my facial muscles (which I realize are so often twisted up).1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
    Synonyms:
    detense

Synonyms of untense

Forms of untense

Adjective
comparativemore untense
superlativemost untense
Verb
third-person singular presentuntenses
present participleuntensing
past participleuntensed
pastuntensed

Origin of untense

From un- + tense.

Questions about untense

What does untense mean?
Untense means not tense.
What part of speech is untense?
Untense can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near untense in the dictionary

  1. untenderable
  2. untendered
  3. untenderized
  4. untenderly
  5. untenderness
  6. untense
  7. untensed
  8. untenses
  9. untensing
  10. untensioned
  11. untent

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