Associations to the word «Tightness»

Wiktionary

TIGHTNESS, noun. The quality or degree of being tight

Dictionary definition

TIGHTNESS, noun. A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.
TIGHTNESS, noun. 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".
TIGHTNESS, noun. The spatial property of being crowded together.
TIGHTNESS, noun. Extreme stinginess.
TIGHTNESS, noun. Lack of movement or room for movement.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley