Meanings
plural tightnesses
- countableuncountableThe quality or degree of being tight.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
nounthe spatial property of being crowded together
nounextreme stinginess
nounlack of movement or room for movement
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian стегнатост, сбитост
- стегнатост (stegnatost)the quality of being tight
- сбитост (sbitost)the quality of being tight
Estonian kitsakas, ahtake
- kitsakasthe quality of being tight
- ahtakethe quality of being tight
- pingasthe quality of being tight
- tihethe quality of being tight
- tihkjasthe quality of being tight
Finnish tiukkuus, ahtaus
- tiukkuusthe quality of being tight
- ahtausthe quality of being tight
French étroitesse
- étroitessethe quality of being tight
Indonesian kesempitan
- kesempitanthe quality of being tight
Italian strettezza
- strettezzathe quality of being tight
Turkish darlık
- darlıkthe quality of being tight
Cite this entry
tightness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tightness
“tightness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tightness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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