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1. Especially tense; especially in some dialects
    
2. Drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically
   "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life"

1. Bring together or compress
   "she constricted her lips"
   - compress, squeeze, compact, contract, press
    
2. Become tight or as if tight
   "Her throat constricted"
   - constringe, narrow

See also: constriction, constrictor, narrowed, pinched, stenosed, stenotic, tense

Type of: tighten

Antonym: unconstricted

Encyclopedia: Constrict