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tightness
noun
1 tightness
A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.
synonym: stringency.
Dutch: schaarste
2 tightness
A tight feeling in some part of the body:
— She felt an alarming tightness in her chest.
synonym: constriction.
3 tightness
4 tightness
Extreme stinginess.
synonyms: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness.
Roget 43:
junction;
joining
etc.
v.;
joinder [Law],
union connection,
conjunction,
conjugation;
annexion†,
annexation,
annexment†;
astriction†,
attachment,
compagination†,
vincture†,
ligation,
alligation†;
accouplement†;
marriage
etc.
(wedlock,)
903;
infibulation†,
inosculation†,
symphysis [Anat.],
anastomosis,
confluence,
communication,
concatenation;
meeting,
reunion;
assemblage
etc.
72.
coition,
copulation;
sex,
sexual congress,
sexual conjunction,
sexual intercourse,
love-making.
joint,
joining,
juncture,
pivot,
hinge,
articulation,
commissure†,
seam,
gore,
gusset,
suture,
stitch;
link
etc.
45;
miter mortise.
closeness,
tightness,
etc.
adj.;
coherence
etc.
46;
combination
etc.
48.
annexationist.
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Polish: chytrość, skąpość, skąpstwo
5 tightness
Lack of movement or room for movement.
synonym: tautness.
Polish: ciasność
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