Definition of tightness Tightness

/tajˈtnʌs/ - [taytnus] - tight•ness

We found 8 definitions of tightness from 4 different sources.

What does tightness mean?

Noun Plural: tightnesses
tightness - lack of movement or room for movement
		tautness
		immovability, immovableness not capable of being moved or rearranged
tightness - extreme stinginess
		meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness, closeness
		stinginess a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money
		littleness, pettiness, smallness lack of generosity in trifling matters
tightness - the spatial property of being crowded together
		concentration, density, denseness, compactness
		spatial arrangement, spacing the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
tightness - a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"
		constriction
		feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
tightness - a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
		stringency
		lack, deficiency, want the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"