TAUTNESS Synonyms

• (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

• the physical condition of being stretched or strained

• a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature)

• (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body

• feelings of hostility that are not manifest

• the action of stretching something tight

• a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

• a tight feeling in some part of the body

• the spatial property of being crowded together

• extreme stinginess

• lack of movement or room for movement

• the muscle tone of healthy tissue

• the trait of being resolute

• the property of being unyielding to the touch

• the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place

• the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

• the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

• the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

• the property of moving with pain or difficulty

• firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action

• the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

• excessive sternness

• the physical condition of being stretched or strained