tighty
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6.0
- adjective
- /ˈtaɪti/
:
ajustado
- She chose a tighty dress that accentuated her figure nicely.
- tighty-whities
- tighty-whitey
So it's just these tight little taupey tan pants.
- So it's just these tight little taupey tan pants.
- But they're so damn tight on the waist.
- The one pair of black pants incredibly tight, the other pair a little loose.
- Like I was always a tight, tighter, the better jeans type of girl.
- But I squeezed into a very tight pair of jeans, a string vest.
- Just feels like a lot of real tight fabric just pressing down.
Examples
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He wore a tighty shirt that hugged his muscles perfectly during the workout.
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He's always parading around in his tighty-whiteys.
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Avoid tight clothes, tight shoes and tight gloves.
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I have like a tight skirt on.
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Try a tight shirt, try a tight stretch shirt.
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Like I was always a tight, tighter, the better jeans type of girl.
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So it's just these tight little taupey tan pants.
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She said my pants were too tight and I was offending women.
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My ex-husband wore the same brand of tighty-whities.
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The tighty leggings were ideal for her yoga class, allowing for full flexibility.
Synonyms
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1.4
Warm and comfortable, fitting closely to the body
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3.5
Clothes that fit very closely to the body
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3.4
Stays close to the body or an object and is not loose
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4.1
Clothing that fits very closely and clings to the body
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3.7
Fits tightly to the body or an object without being uncomfortable
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3.2
Close and firm against the shape of something or someone
Close to the body or an object without much space
Fitting very closely to the shape of something without gaps
Tight and fitting closely to the body
Made to match the shape and size of something
Antonyms
Compounds
How Tight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tighty comes from tight plus the ending -y; tight means 'close' and -y makes a word mean 'full of' that quality. So tighty describes clothes that are 'fitting closely' to the body.