verb
- Squeeze or press together.
- usage: "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
- Become tight or as if tight.
- usage: "Her throat constricted"
- synonyms: constrict, constringe, narrow
adjective
- Especially tense; especially in some dialects.
- Drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically.
- usage: "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life"
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