| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | To make or become tense: stiffen, tauten, tighten. See TIGHTEN. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Feeling or exhibiting nervous tension: edgy, fidgety, jittery, jumpy, nervous, restive, restless, skittish, twitchy. Slang : uptight. Idioms: a bundle of nerves, all wound up, on edge. See TIGHTEN. 2. Stretched tightly: stiff, taut, tight. See TIGHTEN.
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