tightness
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- noun
- /ˈtaɪtnəs/
- Other symptoms of overuse-related problems include feelings of weakness, tightness, fatigue, stiffness, tenderness, ache, heaviness, cramping, and warmth.
- chest tightness
- tightness and breathlessness
- tightness and shortness
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- Wheezing, coughing, tightness, shortness of breath?
- You know that wave that you feel, or your tongue gets numb or you get tightness in your cheeks or you freeze?
- She had chest tightness, shortness of breath, and we're going to do a fourth test.
- And that's why if you use something too harsh and it turns over too fast, then you get that flaking and, you know, tightness of the skin, which you don't want.
- Yeah, with myself, I couldn't take that high of a dose without my blood pressure getting high, starting to feel like chest tightness or trouble sleeping.
- And so I kind of checked in on him and he said he had some tightness in his chest and his shoulder and that he thought it would be OK.
- For others, it might feel like a tightness in their chest or even the symptoms of an impending panic attack or dizziness.
- You're not good enough panic like tightness and and and terror.
- They were all a result of inner tightness.
- So I'm going to go to some random stuff, which is super random hip tightness.
Examples
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For others, it might feel like a tightness in their chest or even the symptoms of an impending panic attack or dizziness.
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I often experience a tightness in my chest when I am anxious about a big presentation.
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Long before it is time to pick partners, you will feel the tightness in your stomach.
Fiction book (2001) -
It's like a tightness in my chest, and I feel like it's kind of going to burst.
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Only my mother would note the tightness along my jaw, the widening of my already wide eyes.
Fiction book (2001) -
The plenitude of culture, words, and artifacts, everywhere you look, brings on a tightness in my chest.
Fiction book (1992) -
My throat was raw, and I could feel a searing tightness in my chest when I tried to inhale.
Fiction book (1990) -
The 10-year-old girl also experienced chest tightness and shortness of breath following an injection on day 77 of therapy.
Academic text (2003) -
The tightness in her throat made it difficult for her to speak during the emotional moment.
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After the workout, I could feel a tightness in my muscles that reminded me to stretch.
Synonyms
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1.0
The feeling when something presses against your body
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3.2
The force that pulls a rope or cable tight when it is stretched
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3.9
A condition when parts of the body or objects are hard to move, often causing pain
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7.4
A tight, uncomfortable feeling in the chest or throat
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Holding and pressing something firmly with your hand
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The state of being pulled tight with no slack
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8.3
A feeling of being pulled tight in muscles or ropes
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A tight feeling in muscles that makes them hard to relax
Antonyms
How Tight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tightness comes from tight meaning 'pulled closely' or 'squeezed'; so tightness in your chest or shoulders feels like something is pressing or squeezing that part of the body.