Crossword puzzle clue "becomes tense with anger"

Becomes tense with anger

Past-tense verb that is the same as its present-tense form minus the fourth and fifth letters

___ tense (verb tense for "walked" and "sang")

Becomes tense

Becomes tense

"___ leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering": Yoda

Becomes more and more intense, as anger

Person who is extremely timid or tense