Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untense

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-tense
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not tense.

verb

To (cause to) be no longer tense; to relax or loosen.

Example Sentences

"1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure 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)."

Etymology

From un- + tense.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more untense (comparative) most untense (superlative) untenses (present, singular) untensing (participle, present) untensed (participle, past) untensed (past)

Synonyms

detense

Questions

What does untense mean?: Not tense.
Where does untense come from?: From un- + tense.

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