claustrophobic

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  1. adjective Relating to or suffering from claustrophobia.
  2. adjective Uncomfortably closed or hemmed in.
  3. adjective Usage Problem Tending to induce claustrophobia; uncomfortably confined or crowded: a claustrophobic little room.

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  • She suddenly felt claustrophobic, as if the walls of her condo were closing in. —  One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze
  • Jazz glanced out the windows, half-claustrophobic, and saw that they were on the back side of the office building. —  Devil'sBargain
  • We were both claustrophobic, and he… what was he feeling? —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 2] - Dead Man Rising
  • Rather than worshipfully recalling the claustrophobic, kitchen-sink realism of the 1973 —  GreenCine Daily
  • The moments where we see inside the Punch and Judy show are mordant and claustrophobic, and a potentially sentimental element - a weird child who follows Hancock around for every performance - is dropped remarkably quickly. —  sit down man, you're a bloody tragedy
 

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/klɔstrəˈfoʊbɪk/
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