Synonyms for tightness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tahyt

Phonetic Transcription : taɪt

Top 10 synonyms for tightness

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Définition of tightness

Origin : mid-15c., "dense, close, compact," from Middle English thight, from Old Norse þettr "watertight, close in texture, solid," from Proto-Germanic *thenkhtuz (cf. second element in Old English meteþiht "stout from eating;" Middle High German dihte "dense, thick," German dicht "dense, tight," Old High German gidigan, German gediegen "genuine, solid, worthy"), from PIE root *tenk- "to become firm, curdle, thicken" (cf. Irish techt "curdled, coagulated," Lithuanian tankus "close, tight," Persian tang "tight," Sanskrit tanakti "draws together, contracts").
Sense of "drawn, stretched" is from 1570s; meaning "fitting closely" (as of garments) is from 1779; that of "evenly matched" (of a contest, bargain, etc.) is from 1828, American English; that of "drunk" is from 1830; that of "close, sympathetic" is from 1956. Tight-assed "unwilling to relax" is attested from 1903. Tight-laced is recorded from 1741 in both the literal and figurative senses. Tight-lipped is first attested 1876.

As in shortage : noun deficiency
As in stress : noun physical or mental pressure
As in stricture : noun constriction
As in compactness : noun thickness
As in scantiness : noun shortage
As in scantness : noun shortage
As in scarceness : noun shortage
As in underage : noun shortage
As in constriction : noun blockage
As in density : noun bulk, mass
As in firmness : noun immovability

Example sentences :

The moisture in his eyes deepened and a tightness gripped his throat.
Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge

Does it make a higher or a lower sound as you increase the tightness?
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

There was a new expression in Arcot's eyes, a tightness about his mouth.
Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell

"We've done our best," there was a tightness in Miss Sallie's voice.
Extract from : « Where the Souls of Men are Calling » by Credo Harris

He laid a hand on my shoulder and my arm ached from the tightness of his grip.
Extract from : « The Four Pools Mystery » by Jean Webster

The rule of safety, in regard to the tightness of dress, is this.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher

Now that she had decided to talk to Yellow Hair, Redbird felt a tightness in her throat.
Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea

There was a tightness in his throat; his head throbbed and hurt.
Extract from : « Sunlight Patch » by Credo Fitch Harris

The sheer joy of the thing brought a tightness to my throat, and I sniffled.
Extract from : « Inside John Barth » by William W. Stuart

But a tightness gathered about my heart, for I could sniff what was coming.
Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer

Antonyms for tightness

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