Home › Words › T › tensitytensity/ˈtɛnsɪti/tensity means the quality of being tense (literally or figuratively); tension.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tensity ranks #25,824 of 42,762 for Qualifying.tensity is pronounced /ˈtɛnsɪti/.EtymologyFrom Latin Latin tensus (“tense”) + -ity. Compare intensity.nounThe quality of being tense (literally or figuratively); tension.e.g.“That broke the tensity of the children's interest, and they ran back into the house” — 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 994:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).