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CONSTRICTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically
Example:
a constricted view of life
Classified under:
Similar:
narrowed (made narrow; limited in breadth)
pinched (as if squeezed uncomfortably tight)
stenosed; stenotic (abnormally constricted body canal or passage)
Antonym:
unconstricted (not constricted physically or by extension psychologically)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Especially tense; especially in some dialects
Classified under:
Similar:
tense (pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in 'beat'))
Domain category:
phonetics (the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb constrict
