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CONSTRICTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does constricting mean?
• CONSTRICTING (adjective)
The adjective CONSTRICTING has 1 sense:
1. (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
Familiarity information: CONSTRICTING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
Synonyms:
constricting; constrictive; narrowing
Similar:
narrow (not wide)
Context examples
Phenolphthalein exerts laxative effects by stimulating the intestinal mucosa and constricting smooth muscles.
(Phenolphthalein, NCI Thesaurus)
Isometheptene is an indirect-acting sympathomimetic agent with vasoconstricting activity, thereby reducing the pulsation in cerebral arteries by constricting dilated cerebral blood vessels.
(Isometheptene/Dichloralphenazone/Acetaminophen, NCI Thesaurus)
What my sensations were no language can describe; but just as they all rose, stifling my breath and constricting my throat, a girl came up and passed me: in passing, she lifted her eyes.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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