Describing Wordsfor Tension

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Here are some adjectives for tension: dark, unbearable, familiar but most unwelcome, thorough atmospheric, finally sexual, usual pre-game, taut, sexual, protective bitter, excessive intra-cranial, definite, noticeable, oppressive and fevered, formidable muscular, eerie, unbearable, fetid and uncontrollable, bright-eyed, indignant, elastic and electric, high arterial, lower arterial, resultant longitudinal, high nervous, similar creative, unceasing nervous, nevertheless terrific, invisible but nevertheless terrific, romantic and sensual, undue and portentous, purposeless muscular, hyperarterial, cold and snake-like, considerable racial, constant atmospheric. You can get the definitions of these tension adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to tension (and find more here).

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Words to Describe tension

Below is a list of describing words for tension. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe tension:

dark, unbearable familiar but most unwelcome thorough atmospheric finally sexual usual pre-game taut, sexual protective bitter excessive intra-cranial definite, noticeable oppressive and fevered formidable muscular eerie, unbearable fetid and uncontrollable bright-eyed, indignant elastic and electric high arterial lower arterial resultant longitudinal high nervous similar creative unceasing nervous nevertheless terrific invisible but nevertheless terrific
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romantic and sensual undue and portentous purposeless muscular hyperarterial cold and snake-like considerable racial constant atmospheric interfacial sudden claustrophobic inexpressible and exquisite incipient electrical pent-up physiological remarkable, pleasurable constant and intangible horrible pent-up silent nervous just dynamic taut, electric hollow icy terrific muscular tangible erotic psychosexual and cultural mysterious pregnant queer, overpowering already palpable visceral or vegetative unsatisfied vegetative new and maddening long abnormal spongy and elastic ominous, indescribable vastly dangerous lateral repulsive undue or unusual greatest diagonal destructive intellectual false muscular vast alert [v]normal contemplative or creative inward contemplative undue muscular unpleasant muscular superfluous or unnatural lebanese political characteristic mutual infectious nervous trial and spiritual arterial and cardiac barometric and electric unmistakable muscular continual longitudinal extraordinary revolutionary acute high inscrutable and widespread utmost visual current, low current, high strong and arterial stored-up nervous unnatural and officious eternally hostile intra-cranial cool faint unpleasant nervous rather unbearable extreme nervous unresolved sexual painful and absurd long and extreme inner nervous familiar emotional highest nervous pre-menstrual ceaseless, nervous terrible, inexpressible credible nervous `mostly muscular extra nervous momentary and specific stray psychic hard, alien silent, pregnant increasingly unbearable eager, wary already supercharged nervous, avid strange, alert subtle, collective huge unspoken little hyper terrific nerve-racking strange, palpable gratifying little little understandable silent, electric fawning erotic constant biological original biologic sesual dull, pregnant apply constant relentless, fiery suddenly electric nervously brittle incredible, voluptuous unflagging sexual furious nervous frightening sweet splendid, aspiring high racial ly perceptible peculiar spatial familiar and pleasurable familiar transcendental monstrous inner precursorial more corrosive striking, indefinable terrible psy­chological incredible rigid normal crystalline immense, subtle innate muscular expressionless, subtle tiny, total psychological and mystical arcane and sexual taut sexual sultry sexual overlying terrible agonizing sexual mysterious sexual deliciously excruciating hysterically high continuous nervous wrong and harmful heavy nervous so-called diagonal acute international prodigious and continual dire mental indescribable nervous utmost nervous wrong muscular unspoken but very real vain and ruinous inter-cranial frequent diplomatic vital con breathless, haggard gentle but permanent sharp and stern frothy mental high osmotic slight but equal maximum radial great and superstitious frequently high momentary high considerable arterial everywhere extreme painful spiritual simply unnecessary possible unnecessary magnetic or psychic clean-cut elastic overwhelming nervous great or excessive little anticipatory crazy, sick next less tremendous nervous silent electric overwhelming sexual self-conscious, awkward quietly solemn unhealthy nervous intolerable nervous perhaps wrong unnatural nervous faint, bright hysterical nervous acute religious temporal, con normal elastic solemn, anxious sheer breathless same superfluous unnecessary muscular severe ethical premenstrual constant creative subtle nervous intra-thecal high emotional considerable nervous high atmospheric unbearable nervous electric high slow, sour pre-mental terrific nervous strange palpable familiar, delicious erotic, sexual watchful and resolute unremitting nervous usual muscular delicious anticipatory corresponding psychic new leaden fully understandable helpless, white palpable, delicious sudden reactionary massive sexual secret, unnamed peculiar, anxious oppressive psychic old-fashioned sexual equally unbearable severe sexual strong initial miserable nervous queer, intangible miserable physical general vascular electrostatic or high abdominal con constant unnatural virile and aggressive final nervous grim mental painful hard superfluous and dangerous wireless electric less arterial sectional high great nervous pre-game constant nervous high sexual powerful spiritual same edgy certain unspoken peculiar and unnatural high electrical intraocular constant magnetic small radial strange facial sudden monstrous sudden apparent quite intolerable acute nervous mostly muscular such built-in high, nervous slow, restless taut nervous central dramatic constant muscular original biological incredible muscular profound sexual cold desperate nervous high unending internal constantly watchful religious sectarian last muscular tremendous dramatic sufficient sexual perpetual nervous nervous, passionate curious electric unnatural and absurd nervous, muscular low vital permanent high ordinary nervous recent acute useless and harmful superfluous nervous rapid high long, exquisite strong and abiding much sexual terrifically high general galactic nervous vast and angry sudden sexual hard continuous higher initial healthy nervous stern, severe almost unbearable sheer erotic little dynamic terrific emotional certain depressing vague unfocused sudden, solemn incredible high mild and pleasurable psy­chological grave and delicate general arterial undue nervous high-pitched, nervous exquisite spiritual silent, expectant almost unsupportable probably nervous extra political arterial long-simmering natural moral sheer nervous enormous internal small nagging nervous and muscular perpetual mental much nervous unusual intellectual constant high long and eager dangerous double simple nervous extreme inner little damn dry, metallic just sexual least muscular same unbearable own superfluous such nervous faint, nervous greater nervous little irritable awful mental excessive muscular less internal delicious sweet extreme moral constant and unchanging little ethnic actual muscular electrocolloidal basic electronic extraordinary emotional highest dramatic terrific mental certain sudden nervous and psychic present curious possible nervous fine nervous own sexual slight extra high imaginative low mental slightly nervous social and sexual abnormal nervous extreme muscular rather blind evident mental own elastic unbearable high mental almost electric own unbearable uncomfortable mental frightful mental _lateral persistent high current high painful nervous complex emotional low, dangerous constant mutual old sexual sudden, silent sudden hot new erotic endless dry subtle sexual just nervous intense electrical ordinary high previously unnoticed present financial certain nervous same emotional dangerous and unpredictable constant low-level elaborately casual certain muscular sexual strong inner stomach-churning odd nervous heavy high hard and strong unnormal highly nervous utmost certain happy same anxious severe muscular osmotic high electric great inner crisp, dry uncomfortable new terrible nervous secret, inner chronic high real high sudden high purely sexual intimate domestic same muscular same predatory already unbearable strange, sinister vaguely uncomfortable nearly palpable acute mental little muscular strong nervous earlier high sudden muscular own nervous long, severe dangerous mental own furious sudden, eager dangerous new slow-building severe nervous unusual social curious nervous emotional and imaginative same nervous heightened silent, breathless powerful internal such protracted restless, nervous similarly high high political strange, small muscular certain sexual raw sexual sexual and emotional characteristic national certain initial considerable political undue mental intracranial sudden tremendous slight downward little high now constant high inner familar nearly unbearable greatest external intense nervous violent nervous true high abnormal mental slight mental almost intolerable subtle new high magical fierce electric accusatory high dramatic sudden, new strong electric dangerously high greatest international months-long general nervous certain awkward pent-up vesical sudden, dreadful sudden, dark heavy, heavy sheer muscular already dangerous extreme mental isotropic almost tangible peculiar nervous anticipatory chronic nervous almost frenzied long protracted great emotional physical and nervous complex mental longitudinal and transverse certain undefined nitial hair-trigger unreleased political and ecclesiastical emo\-tional sudden emotional electric unsupportable magi\-cal take-up palpable vascular sullen, angry such silent certain pleasurable definite sexual extreme physical severe mental sudden electric same able emotional nerve-racking pure sexual intense political profound personal same architectural muscular and mental less nervous constant mental excessively high unrelieved much dramatic circumferential almost palpable silent and invisible curious mental subtly different electric and magnetic such constant diagonal dry-ice less acute sudden quick great mental intense physical electrical strong muscular great electric extreme sudden consolidated ocular dynamic fierce, hot powerful physical less muscular curious physical still considerable racial other negative glottal new and greater long mental almost insupportable inner such high computer-assisted great imaginative stored-up psychosexual highest political undue own muscular more inner sudden and unaccountable strong mental comparatively high highest long such intense mental high behind-the-scenes intolerable long continuous deep internal sudden startling mental elastic little sexual almost unendurable hard, cruel resurgent painful longitudinal same restless such critical unnatural same electric unspoken strange, unnatural radial intellectual and emotional tightest fullest certain new edgy dramatic electro-magnetic somatic differential somewhat awkward directionless more rigid ual almost visible almost painful merely intellectual certain vague unshed same severe much political atmospheric hard-edged sudden dark fine-drawn unstated unendurable great dramatic almost sexual much unnecessary little emotional sudden, unexpected constant own actual great local comparatively slight strange, dark etherial high and low combat-ready claustrophobic cat-like ethnic black-white sudden, inexplicable long and terrible long and severe high spiritual conscious or unconscious higher or lower sensual such tremendous slow, quiet somewhat nervous galvanic unresolved such heavy rather tedious unremitting higher mental high-strung certain inner own sudden almost instantaneous indefinable insupportable uttermost excessive superfluous rock-hard interplanetary maximum much mental present political slight high or low momentary abnormal strange and terrible physiologic mind-numbing residual keenest highest possible more equal gritty acute low-key somewhat painful same subtle nagging rigid static psychic erotic simple and easy barometric brittle plain old-fashioned clotted disruptive wary mental or physical almost audible terrific jittery genital subtle certain high aqueous vegetative premonitory comparatively low confrontational unnecessary familial skeletal same mental obvious contemplative shivery breathless frightening more liberal feverish terrible such physical creative alert electrolytic abrupt undeniable crippling razor-edged frenetic febrile greater or less uneasy such extreme such severe anglo-french rather high tremendous newtonian more palpable pleasurable little less leftover tural strong political international agonizing unacknowledged subliminal prescient three-quarter irreversible psychological watchful slow, heavy more dramatic somewhat similar more familiar unpleasant own favorite interesting little subsurface considerable corrosive generational such terrific taut internal communal equal requisite more bloody fevered own high long and painful terrible, terrible visible mere mechanical snake-like seemingly endless awful little extra much lower oppressive initial other high high-spirited expectant murderous bittersweet unequal supercharged protracted same high subconscious centrifugal feral preternatural unrecognized such vivid proximal physical transverse noticeable undefined inexpressible sheer physical barely perceptible indescribable nearly equal frightful physical and emotional on-board such extraordinary same soft understandable political unusual indicative tangible unrealized fearful excruciating warm, soft unwelcome horizontal downward perpetual sufficient unrelenting great national tional detectable uncomfortable uncontrollable anxious inexplicable evident menstrual own secret low severe spiritual impotent feeblest silent malign supernatural fetid dreadful mental and physical almost imperceptible insufferable molecular irritable euphoric bearable day-long far higher familiar harmful enjoyable maddening grim unaccustomed biologic such profound hitherto unknown unnoticed vertical knotted great physical disquieting l-shaped continuous continual bright-eyed dangerous proper superficial jumpy ongoing desperate receptive heroic uncharacteristic electrifying unwilling electrostatic odd visceral transitory systemic abiding delicious greater or lesser magnetic uncongenial low-level exquisite diplomatic regrettable greatest shuttered certain cardiac resultant such low nervy involuntary awkward imaginative telltale peculiar considerably less one-sided perceptible intangible violent lateral gruesome much higher extraordinary all-consuming jerky fiercest intellectual mental and moral unspeakable high-power low-grade heart-stopping alternate pathological restless tight-lipped quiet collective eager daytime cinematic full relentless cerebral allowable strange sinister morbid spongy genetic unfocused reciprocal poignant mutual still further superhuman higher abdominal necessary fierce

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Words to Describe tension

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "tension" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "tension" are: dark, unbearable, familiar but most unwelcome, thorough atmospheric, finally sexual, and usual pre-game. There are 994 other words to describe tension listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe tension suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "tension" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many tension adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is tension?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.

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