tautness
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈtɔt.nəs/
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tensión
- The old man slid in quickly beside her, and she felt the tautness in his bony frame.
- feel the tautness
Apart from that tautness, that whisper of panic, that vague confusion that threatens your balance, hatred sweet as nectar.
- Apart from that tautness, that whisper of panic, that vague confusion that threatens your balance, hatred sweet as nectar.
Examples
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Her eyes were drawn to the bronzed contours of his chest, the masculine flatness of his belly, and the muscled tautness of his buttocks.
Fiction book (1994) -
Or else I could just close them, but even with my eyes closed, I feel the same tautness inside.
Academic text (1996) -
And it gives a kind of tautness or friction to the narrative.
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Jed straightened and quickly dropped his hands to his sides, a tautness claiming his features.
Fiction book (1994) -
This jagged line breaks up the monotony of the pattern and gives tautness to the separate elements.
Academic text (2011) -
Mae had felt it, the tautness in her stomach, the little shock of adrenaline that always came, mysteriously, just before the baby woke.
Fiction book (1999) -
Robert Lyall, the company's general and artistic director, conducted members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra with an emphasis on tautness and elegance of line.
Blog text (22) -
The tautness of the rope ensured that the tent remained securely anchored.
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After the workout, I could feel the tautness in my muscles from the intense stretching.
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He noticed the tautness in the canvas as it was pulled tight over the frame.
Synonyms
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3.2
The force that pulls a rope or cable tight when it is stretched
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3.6
A state of having little space or being held firmly
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6.4
A tight feeling in muscles that makes them hard to relax
A feeling of being pulled tight in muscles or ropes
Antonyms
How Tight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tautness comes from the adjective taut, which means 'tight' or 'pulled'. Think of it like the everyday word tight: tautness is the state of being stretched with no slack, which is why you feel tautness in muscles, ropes, or a canvas.