Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overtense

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
overtense
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively tense.

verb

To make too tense.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From over- + tense.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more overtense (comparative) most overtense (superlative) overtenses (present, singular) overtensing (participle, present) overtensed (participle, past) overtensed (past)

Questions

What does overtense mean?
Excessively tense.
Where does overtense come from?
From over- + tense.

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