constriction
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7.4
- noun
- /kənˈstrɪkʃən/
:
sensación de opresión
- During the panic attack, he felt a severe constriction in his throat that made it hard to breathe.
You see, when making a decision, you will feel which path brings you more life and which path brings you more constriction, more heaviness.
- You see, when making a decision, you will feel which path brings you more life and which path brings you more constriction, more heaviness.
- So the question is, does that emotional constriction, that holding back on sharing your emotions, does that happen in other places in the person's life?
- It's like got some serious tight sort of constriction to it, I guess and what is a back?
Examples
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"It would mean nothing to you," he said, having to force the words past a sudden constriction in his throat.
Fiction book (1990) -
As I shut them, I'm already beginning to feel a constriction in my chest, like my skin is getting too tight for easy breathing.
Fiction book (2002) -
OK, Also will feel it basically right over the heart, like a constriction on the left side of my chest.
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I cannot stand the feel of constriction.
Blog text (17) -
The terrible constriction of his throat.
Academic text (2011) -
My voice, when I answered, was light, but I felt a constriction through my chest.
Fiction book (1998) -
Teresa felt a constriction in her chest as tears began to flow again.
Fiction book (1990) -
There is heaviness and weight on the heart and constriction in the throat.
Blog text (8) -
Sarah swallowed over the sudden constriction in her throat.
Fiction book (1992) -
Pitt felt an instant constriction.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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5.5
A feeling of being squeezed in a part of the body
Antonyms
How Tight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word constriction comes from con- ('together') and strict (a part that means 'to tighten'), like you see in strict and string. That's why a constriction can mean the tight, pressing feeling you get in your chest or throat.