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Detailed Translations for tightness from English to Dutch

tightness:

tightness [the ~] noun

  1. the tightness (tension; strain; tenseness)
    de spanning; de strakheid; de gespannenheid
  2. the tightness (scarcity; shortage; famine; )
    de schaarste; het gebrek; de schaarsheid; het tekort; de krapte
  3. the tightness (tenseness; strain)
    de concentratie; de gespannenheid; ingespannenheid
  4. the tightness (sinking feeling; oppression; heaviness; closeness)
    de beklemdheid; gevoel van beklemming; de benauwdheid
  5. the tightness (narrowness; stringency)
    de engte; de smalte; smalheid
  6. the tightness (stringency)
    nauwheid; smalheid

Translation Matrix for tightness:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
beklemdheid closeness; heaviness; oppression; sinking feeling; tightness
benauwdheid closeness; heaviness; oppression; sinking feeling; tightness heaviness; oppression; sinking feeling
concentratie strain; tenseness; tightness concentration; density; fix one's mind; focus; put one's mind to
engte narrowness; stringency; tightness isthmus; narrow; narrowing; neck of land; stricture
gebrek famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness dearth; deficiency; destitution; disability; failure; flaw; gap; handicap; hardship; impediment; lack; machine defect; need; paucity; penury; physical defect; poverty; shortage; want
gespannenheid strain; tenseness; tension; tightness burden; stress
gevoel van beklemming closeness; heaviness; oppression; sinking feeling; tightness
ingespannenheid strain; tenseness; tightness
krapte famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness
nauwheid stringency; tightness
schaarsheid famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness
schaarste famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness shortage
smalheid narrowness; stringency; tightness
smalte narrowness; stringency; tightness
spanning strain; tenseness; tension; tightness burden; stress
strakheid strain; tenseness; tension; tightness
tekort famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness bank debt; debit; deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; loss; overdraft; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall
- closeness; compactness; concentration; constriction; denseness; density; meanness; minginess; niggardliness; niggardness; parsimoniousness; parsimony; stringency; tautness; tightfistedness

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Related Definitions for "tightness":

  1. lack of movement or room for movement1
  2. extreme stinginess1
  3. the spatial property of being crowded together1
  4. a tight feeling in some part of the body1
    • she felt an alarming tightness in her chest1
  5. a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit1

tight:

tight adj

  1. tight (narrow; small; cramped)
    – closely constrained or constricted or constricting 1

Translation Matrix for tight:

AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
beschonken drunk; drunken; intoxicated; pissed; tight; tipsy boozed; drunk; half drunk; inebriated; intoxicated; tipsy; under the influence; under the weather
bezopen drunk; drunken; intoxicated; pissed; tight; tipsy blind drunk; dead drunk; loaded
dronken drunk; drunken; intoxicated; pissed; tight; tipsy drunk; intoxicated; tipsy; under the influence; under the weather
eng cramped; narrow; small; tight alarming; creepy; disquieting; disturbing; eerie; fearfull; frightening; frightful; frightning; grisly; grizly; imminent; impending; lugubrious; narrowly; ominous; scary; sinister; spooky; terrifying; threatening
ladderzat drunk; drunken; intoxicated; pissed; tight; tipsy as tight as a drum; completely drunk; dead drunk; drunken; pissed; soaked; thoroughly plastered
nauw cramped; narrow; small; tight narrowly
nauwsluitend tight
smal cramped; narrow; small; tight
strak tight bluntly; close; close by; coarse; crude; even; fixed; flat; flatly; fossilised; fossilized; level; petrified; point blank; rigid; set; smooth; star; stern; stiff; taut; uniform; unwavering; vulgar
zat drunk; drunken; intoxicated; pissed; tight; tipsy more than enough; plenty
- close; compressed; mean; mingy; miserly; nasty; rigorous; stringent; taut
AdverbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
smalletjes cramped; narrow; small; tight
- close; closely; fast
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- tight-fitting
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
dicht op elkaar tight
van geringe breedte cramped; narrow; small; tight

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Related Definitions for "tight":

  1. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow1
    • tight money1
    • a tight market1
  2. packed closely together1
    • they stood in a tight little group1
    • hair in tight curls1
    • the pub was packed tight1
  3. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures1
    • tight security1
  4. exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent1
    • a good man to have on your side in a tight situation1
  5. (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched1
    • a tight game1
  6. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity1
  7. of such close construction as to be impermeable1
    • a tight roof1
    • warm in our tight little house1
  8. closely constrained or constricted or constricting1
    • tight skirts1
    • he hated tight starched collars1
    • fingers closed in a tight fist1
    • a tight feeling in his chest1
  9. pressed tightly together1
  10. securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid1
    • the bolts are tight1
  11. of textiles1
    • smooth percale with a very tight weave1
  12. pulled or drawn tight1
    • a tight drumhead1
    • a tight rope1
  13. set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration1
    • in tight formation1
    • a tight blockade1
  14. firmly or closely1
    • held tight1
  15. in an attentive manner1

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Cross Translation:
FromToVia
tight nauw; eng eng — schmal, nahe anliegend; von relativ geringer Ausdehnung
tight schaars knappgerade noch ausreichend, wenig; weniger werdend oder geworden
tight abrupt; bruusk; kortaf; gespannen; ingespannen; pakkend; spannend; strak; houterig; star; stijf; stram; stug; steil raide — Traductions à trier suivant le sens