CLAUSTROPHOBIC


Meaning of CLAUSTROPHOBIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ klɔ:strəfoʊbɪk ]

1.

You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.

They lived in an unhealthily claustrophobic atmosphere...

The house felt too claustrophobic.

ADJ

2.

If you feel claustrophobic , you feel very uncomfortable or anxious when you are in a small, crowded, or enclosed place.

The churning, pressing crowds made her feel claustrophobic.

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