Tightness Meaning
/tˈaɪtnəs/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe quality or degree of being tight.
Sentence Examples
I felt an uncomfortable tightness in my chest.
I have a tightness in my chest.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor diagnosed the ____ in his muscles as a result of stress.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He felt a bit of ____ in his chest after his long run in the park, so he decided to rest for a while today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English tight Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tightness From tight + -ness.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The preference for tightness during intercourse is so well known in Western culture that U.S. obstetricians even have a term for the extra stitch they often perform when doing episiotomy repairs following childbirth: the "husband's stitch." The husband's stitch is intended to produce a smaller vaginal opening, to counteract the natural stretching of the tissues from sexual activity and childbirth and even to make the opening more constricted than it might have been before."
— 2001, Ellen Gruenbaum, The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor diagnosed the ____ in his muscles as a result of stress.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He felt a bit of ____ in his chest after his long run in the park, so he decided to rest for a while today.