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.

adjective. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.

adjective. Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of constrict.

adjective. drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically

adjective. especially tense; especially in some dialects

"Suddenly everything looked different, including our own personal dramas that often keep us stuck in constricted places and keep us from seeing the bigger picture."

narrowed  pinched  stenosed  stenotic  tense  

addicted  afflicted  contradicted  convicted  depicted  

angustifoliate  angustirostrate  angustisellate  angustiseptal  authoritarian  

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