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tightening

/tˈaɪtʌnɪŋ/noun3 syllables

Tightening means: the act of making something tighter.

Opposites of tightening

loosening

What does tightening mean?1

noun

1

the act of making something tighter“the tightening of economic controls”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with tightening?3

three syllables

frighteninglightening

four syllables

enlightening
Show 22 near rhymes
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Tightening in a sentence

  • Interest rates will rise due to monetary tightening.Stalwartlover
  • Have you tried tightening the packing nut on the faucet?Amastan
  • Layla stood on the gallows, crying, as a man was slowly tightening the noose around her neck.OsoHombre
  • A fiscal tightening policy is being enacted.Shiawase
  • Yanni is tightening the bolt clockwise.Amastan
  • The planned tightening of the laws governing the right to demonstrate was struck down following widespread protests.sundown

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Forms of tightening

as a noun

plural
tightenings