claustrophobic

Examples

• All

• We all file inside, into the claustrophobic dark, easing onto the spongy wooden benches surrounding the hearth.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The small office felt extremely claustrophobic, making it hard for anyone to concentrate.

• You know, it's a little claustrophobic in here for me.

  The Favor (1994)

• - It is so claustrophobic in here.

  Caged Heat (1974)

• - It's very claustrophobic in here...

  Midnight Run (1988)

• The room was filling up with children now, creating a claustrophobic feeling.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Now, the trip to the bottom takes about two hours, and it's cold and claustrophobic and cramped and totally worth it.

• Tell me, Samantha, do you ever feel claustrophobic in here?

  Match Point (2005)

• Some found the cities claustrophobic and everyone's business entirely too public.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Both of us preferred the claustrophobic, air-conditioned chill of the living room.

  Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

C

cramped

vsclaustrophobic

62 3.2

A space that is too small for people to move easily

causes an anxious trapped feeling beyond just limited room

C

confined

vsclaustrophobic

61 3.7

Kept in one small space and unable to leave

focuses on smallness and unease rather than only being unable to leave

C

cooped up

vsclaustrophobic

• Informal

28 5.5

Being kept in a small space makes you restless and unhappy

emphasizes the space itself causing trapped unease rather than temporary restlessness

S

suffocating

vsclaustrophobic

9 5.1

Making it hard to breathe because the air is hot, close, or not fresh

produces uneasy trapped feelings rather than mainly causing breathing problems

C

confining

vsclaustrophobic

2 6.2

A space that is uncomfortably small and makes you feel trapped

is used when the space also causes strong feelings of being trapped

B

boxed-in

vsclaustrophobic

1 6.3

Feeling trapped by walls or rules that stop you moving

refers to a space that causes those enclosed trapped feelings rather than the feeling itself

I

incommodious

vsclaustrophobic

• Archaic

1 9.9

A room or space that is too small and cramped

suggests an uncomfortable size but not necessarily a feeling of being trapped

Antonyms

O

open

116 1.0

An outdoor area with no cover

S

spacious

43 2.5

A large open room or area with plenty of space

How Cramped

claustrophobic

11 6.7

roomy

20 2.1

spacious

43 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology