A tense situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because they do not know what is going to happen next.

What is tense time?

tense. time. Time is a concept which is related to our perception of reality. There are three times: past, present and future. Tense is a grammatical category which is marked by verb inflection and expresses when an event or action happens in the flow of time.

What does it mean when your tense?

When a person's tense, they're anxious. When a situation is tense, you might say you could "cut the tension with a knife." When a muscle tenses up, it contracts suddenly–-a person can be said to tense up also.