constricted

(adjective, verb)

adjective

1. especially tense; especially in some dialects

Similar word(s): tense

2. drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically

- a constricted blood vessel

- a constricted view of life

Similar word(s): narrowed, pinched, stenosed, stenotic

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of constrict