tenseness
Noun
Meaning
The characteristic of being tense.
(phonetics) A particular vowel or consonant quality that is phonemically contrastive in many languages, including English.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSynonyms
stress
nervousness
vasomotor
fearfulness
restlessness
tightness
apprehensiveness
disquietude
fretfulness
edginess
jumpiness
tensity
jitteriness
astriction
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Examples
Flowers ... have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the mind. They dissolve its rigor.