'Constricted' definitions:
Definition of 'constricted'
From: WordNet
adjective
Especially tense; especially in some dialects
adjective
Drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life" [ant: unconstricted]
Definition of 'Constricted'
From: GCIDE
- Constricted \Con*strict"ed\, a.
- 1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Constricted'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Such things as constrict the fibers. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction serves to constrict. --Todd & Bowman. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'constricted'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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