constricted

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}]
    

Constrict \Con*strict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Constricted}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Constricting}.] [L. constrictus, p. p. of
   constringere. See {Constrain}.]
   To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to
   cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
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         Such things as constrict the fibers.     --Arbuthnot.
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         Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their
         contraction serves to constrict.         --Todd &
                                                  Bowman.
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Constricted \Con*strict"ed\, a.
   1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
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   2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in
      certain places or parts than in others.
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92 Moby Thesaurus words for "constricted":
      angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal,
      authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blank, blind, blind-alley, borne,
      cecal, choked, choked off, circumscribed, clamped, close,
      close-fitting, closed, 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