confining

Verb

• (v.) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle (place limits on (extent or access)) "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
• (v.) limit, circumscribe, confine ()
• (v.) confine (prevent from leaving or from being removed)
• (v.) enclose, hold in, confine ()
• (v.) confine, detain (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)
• (v.) restrain, confine, hold (to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement) "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

Adjective

• (adj.) confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting (restricting the scope or freedom of action)
• (adj.) close, confining (crowded) "close quarters"