tensioned

English

Adjective

tensioned (comparative more tensioned, superlative most tensioned)

1. In tension; strained or pulled on.
   • 1982 December 4, Martin Krieger, “Come Out Croaking”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 8:

     It is in the nature of the assertion of distinctions of identity that they force others to realize they are in a place that is not so universal, that their straight being is at best a tensioned coil likely to snap back any time soon.

Verb

tensioned

1. simple past and past participle of tension

Anagrams

• detension