straiten

straiten is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
2. transitive verb. To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
3. transitive verb. To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
4. verb. squeeze together
5. verb. bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

   Synonyms: distress

Synonyms

distress

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in straiten:

intreats, nitrates, tertians

Common word forms

straitens, straitened, straitening

Words from these letters

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