confining
1
6.2
- adjective
- /kənˈfaɪnɪŋ/
:
opresivo
- She found the small apartment too confining, making it difficult for her to feel relaxed.
- too confining
- so confining
- feel confining
And that sounds to the, the naive ear that sounds like it would be depressing and disempowering and confining, but it's anything but.
- And that sounds to the, the naive ear that sounds like it would be depressing and disempowering and confining, but it's anything but.
- And Hitchcock has said ever since then I have gone to any length to avoid arrest and to avoid confinement in confining spaces.
- And it may seem very confining to most musicians, but if you're just in that box all the time, the box becomes normal.
- Stop and think of how confining that is. A person's putting themselves into a small cell, but it's in their own mind. The doors aren't locked,
Examples
-
And I said, you know, did you find it confining to give yourself over in that creative way to this other person's story?
-
And it may seem very confining to most musicians, but if you're just in that box all the time, the box becomes normal.
-
The ventilation is great, my room has a southern exposure, the rates are cheap, but somehow or other, the atmosphere is too confining.
-
Nice clean room, but gloomy and confining, which I wasn't ready for at the moment, so I went back outside.
Fiction book (1991) -
The workplace felt confining, with too many desks crowded into a small space.
-
He felt an increasing sense of anxiety in the confining space of the crowded elevator.
Synonyms
307
2.6
Tight with little space between parts
37
3.2
A space that is too small for people to move easily
28
5.5
Being kept in a small space makes you restless and unhappy
15
6.7
A small, closed space that makes you feel trapped
3
6.3
Unable to do things freely because of limits like walls or rules
1
6.5
Causes people to feel limited and unable to act freely
A room or space that is too small and cramped
Made narrower or tighter by pressure
Making something tight so it is hard to move
Antonyms
How Confining
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Confining comes from the old root finis, which means 'end' or 'limit', the same root you see in finish; imagine walls that mark the end of your space. So a confining room or seat feels small and trapped because its limits are close around you.