constricted adj

1 especially tense; especially in some dialects

2 drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life" [ant: unconstricted]

3 inhibited; "when modern man feels socially constricted his first impulse is to move"

English

Verb

constricted

1. past of constrict

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