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What is the adjective for taut?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb tauten which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

taut
  1. Tight; under tension, as in a rope or bow string.
  2. Experiencing stress or anxiety.
  3. Containing only relevant parts, brief and controlled.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. rigid, flexed, tense, tight, hard, firm, solid, stiff, tensed, tightened, unyielding, close, inflexible, unmalleable, stiffened, impliable, hardened, non-flexible, inelastic, unbending, immalleable, tough, adamantine, compact, unbendable, unflexible, steely, strong, compacted, dense, solidified, thick, unpliable, nonflexible, unbreakable, compressed, renitent, flinty, unmoving, stretched, undeviating, straight, unsupple, chiseled, chiselled, unswerving, uncurving, strained, as straight as an arrow, stiff as a board … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Relaxing his taut muscles and his wary expression, Sean sighed and gave her what he hoped to be a somewhat friendly look.”
      “The thin fabric is stretched taut over his chest, shoulders and arms, but is loose around the waist.”
      “Though there's plenty of brutal, taut music to be found on the record, more often than not, it's filmic, evocative, and remarkably organic.”
tauter
  1. comparative form of taut: more taut
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rigider, tenser, tighter, harder, firmer, stiffer, closer, more solid, more unyielding, more inflexible, more unmalleable, more impliable, more hardened, more inelastic, more unbending, more immalleable, tougher, more compact, more adamantine, more unbendable, more unflexible, steelier, stronger, more compacted, denser, thicker, more unbreakable, more unpliable, more compressed, more strained, flintier, more chiselled, more chiseled, more unsupple, straighter, more undeviating, more unswerving, more renitent, more unmoving, stouter, sturdier, robuster, more impermeable, more fixed, huskier, more blocked, more resolute, more unrelenting, more concentrated, ruggeder … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “In the process they have cut the worst of the sentimental and melodramatic elements to create a much tauter, more compelling plot-line.”
      “The steering is tauter, the brakes sharper and the whole car more grippy and planted.”
      “These days though, after less than 14 months on the job, his face is tauter, more lined and even thinner.”
tautest
  1. superlative form of taut: most taut
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rigidest, tensest, tightest, hardest, firmest, stiffest, closest, most solid, most unyielding, most inflexible, most unmalleable, most impliable, most hardened, most inelastic, most unbending, most immalleable, toughest, most compact, most adamantine, most unbendable, most unflexible, steeliest, strongest, most compacted, densest, thickest, most unbreakable, most unpliable, most compressed, most strained, flintiest, most chiselled, most unsupple, most chiseled, most undeviating, straightest, most unswerving, most renitent, most unmoving, stoutest, robustest, sturdiest, most impermeable, huskiest, most fixed, most blocked, ruggedest, most concentrated, most resolute, most unrelenting … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His words were purposeful, almost business-like, with the tautest of poetical flourishes.”
tautened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of tauten
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tightened, tensed, stretched, straught, strained, stiffened, extended, contracted, constricted, squeezed, firmed up, went rigid, gone rigid, pulled tight, knotted, made taut, tightened up, braced, flexed, tensed up, made tighter, pulled, rigidified, screwed up, strangled, distended, squinched up, elongated, lengthened, expanded, made rigid, drew tight, drew taut, drawn tight, drawn taut, become tense, made tight, wrenched, made tense, became tense, drew out, drawn out, compressed, condensed, shrank, shrunk, shrunken … more
tautening
  1. present participle of tauten
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tightening, tensing, stretching, straining, stiffening, extending, contracting, constricting, squeezing, firming up, going rigid, pulling tight, clenching, flexing, knotting, compressing, compacting, constringing, strangling, tensing up, narrowing, pinching, making taut, tightening up, making tighter, bracing, drawing in, making narrower, becoming narrower, condensing, shrinking, rigidifying, collapsing, restricting, choking, straitening, cramping, strangulating, circumscribing, restraining, confining, tucking, astringing, drawing tight, drawing taut, making rigid, becoming smaller, making smaller, narrowing down, drawing together … more
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