1.
You describe a place or situation as ~ when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
They lived in an unhealthily ~ atmosphere...
The house felt too ~.
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2.
If you feel ~, you feel very uncomfortable or anxious when you are in a small, crowded, or enclosed place.
The churning, pressing crowds made her feel ~.
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