Constricted

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  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of constrict.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
  • adj. Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Drawn together; compressed or contracted; straitened; cramped: as, the middle of an hour-glass is constricted.
  • In entomology: Suddenly and disproportionally more slender tn any part: as, an abdomen constricted in the middle. Much more slender than the neighboring parts: as, a constricted joint of the antenna.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically
  • adj. especially tense; especially in some dialects
  • Equivalent
    pinched    stenosed    narrowed    stenotic    tense   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bound    contracted    cramped   
    Verb Stem
    constrict   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    addicted    afflicted    contradicted    convicted    depicted