The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STRESS , but the solution may also be UNEASE which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Universal uClick).
Tension crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STRESS | 67 % | 6 |
| UNEASE | 19 % | 6 |
| STRESSANDSTRAIN | 10 % | 15 |
| DRAMA | 5 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tension
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tenseness
- tensity
- tautness
- stress
- latent hostility
- tensile
- tightness
- pressure
- pull
- intensity
- escalation
- strife
Crossword Answer definitions
STRESS noun- (Cause of) discomfort.
- Serious danger.
- An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
- A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
- The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
- A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
- Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
- Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- To emphasise (words in speaking).
- To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STRESS
- Cause of burnout
- Accent
- Emphasize
- Underscore
- Fast-track malady
- High anxiety
- Rat-race result
- Put an accent on
- On-the-job malady
- Pronunciational prominence
More clues leading to the result UNEASE
- Anxiety
- Discomfort
- Jitters
- Perturbed condition
- Riot impetus
- Waiting-for-the-test-results feeling
- Pacing-the-floor state
- Misgiving
- Nervousness
- Disquiet