He was envious because of Ali's calming presence during the gunfire.
A connotation is a word that suggests a meaning as to its literal meaning. An example would be pus immediately we thing of it as a negative or even icky word and it has a negative or "pejorative" connotation, when it is really a thick, yellow thing from a infected wound.
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Tension, maybe? In terms of what?