Antonyms for tautness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tawt

Phonetic Transcription : tɔt

Definition of tautness

Origin : early 14c., tohte, possibly from tog-, past participle stem of Old English teon "to pull, drag," from Proto-Germanic *tugn, from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)).

As in strain : noun pain, due to exertion
As in stress : noun physical or mental pressure
As in tension : noun tightness
As in firmness : noun immovability

Example sentences :

His sudden face went from the tautness of his last speech to fear.
Extract from : « Captives of the Flame » by Samuel R. Delany

Parish Thornton was breathing his words through lips that scarcely moved as he bent forward with the tautness of a coiled spring.
Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck

She felt again the muscles of his forearms snap into tautness as he stood silent under her father's insults.
Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck

Conscious of the tautness of his own nerves, strung like quivering violin strings.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories, February, 1931 » by Various

To me, strung up to a tautness of sensation that almost frightens me, this silence of the Mate is horrible.
Extract from : « An Ocean Tramp » by William McFee

The mother gave a sigh of relief, but she did not interrupt, nor did she relax the tautness of her body.
Extract from : « Kennedy Square » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Braceway was amazed by the intensity of Bristow's glance, the tautness of his body, the harsh authority in his voice.
Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.

The stranger was a large schooner, and the tautness of the spars and rigging showed that she was in beautiful order.
Extract from : « With Clive in India » by G. A. Henty

Claire was conscious of tautness of the cords of her neck in front; of a pain at the base of her brain.
Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis

All at once the tautness went out of her, and Sira leaned against the wall, divided between laughing and crying.
Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl

Synonyms for tautness

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