Meaning of CONSTRICTED
| Pronunciation: | | kunstr'iktud
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- [adj] inhibited; "when modern man feels socially constricted his first impulse is to move"
- [adj] drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life"
- [adj] (phonetics) especially tense; especially in some dialects
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| | Synonyms: | | limited, narrowed, pinched, stenosed, stenotic, tense |
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| | Antonyms: | | unconstricted | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*strict"ed\, a.
1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in
certain places or parts than in others.
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| | Related Terms: | | angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blank, blind, blind-alley, borne, cecal, choked, choked off, circumscribed, clamped, close, closed, close-fitting, compressed, concentrated, condensed, confined, consolidated, contracted, cramp, cramped, creedbound, crowded, dead, dead-end, deaf, deaf to reason, fanatical, hidebound, illiberal, incapacious, incommodious, insular, isthmian, isthmic, knitted, limited, little, little-minded, meager, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, near, nearsighted, nipped, parochial, petty, pinched, pinched-in, provincial, puckered, purblind, pursed, restricted, scant, scanty, shortsighted, shut, slender, small, small-minded, solidified, squeezed, squeezed shut, strait, straitlaced, strangled, strangulated, stuffy, tight, uncatholic, uncharitable, ungenerous, unliberal, unopen, unopened, unvented, unventilated, wasp-waisted, wrinkled |
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