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What is the adjective for constrict?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs constrict and constringe which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

constrictive
  1. That constricts, or is accompanied by constriction
  2. Synonyms:
      3. compressive, contractive, binding, compacting, cramping, crushing, packing, pressing, squashing, squeezing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “And yet a lot of jazz musicians and critics and fans, in print and on the web, have been complaining that it's too constrictive.”
      “So the goofy Greeks decorated their merrymaking in pretty bows and successfully sublimated their impulses with constrictive ceremonial routines.”
      “A slew of sculptors have emerged in Los Angeles in the last few years, but most seem stuck in either constrictive formalism or murky surrealism.”
constricted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of constrict
  2. Synonyms:
      3. contracted, compressed, condensed, squeezed, shrank, shrunk, shrunken, compacted, constringed, collapsed, narrowed, tightened, capsulized, capsuled, tensed, telescoped, restricted, tautened, pinched, concentrated, clenched, straitened, choked, strangled, strangulated, cramped, circumscribed, confined, restrained, astringed, tucked, became smaller, become smaller, drew in, drawn in, made smaller, made narrower, became narrower, become narrower, narrowed down, drew together, drawn together, squashed, scrunched, shortened, reduced, shrivelled, shriveled, flattened, diminished … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Even so, they chafed at their confinement within a constricted space.”
constricting
  1. present participle of constrict
  2. Synonyms:
      3. contracting, compressing, condensing, squeezing, shrinking, compacting, constringing, collapsing, narrowing, tightening, capsulizing, capsuling, tensing, telescoping, restricting, tautening, pinching, concentrating, clenching, straitening, choking, strangling, strangulating, cramping, circumscribing, confining, restraining, astringing, tucking, becoming smaller, drawing in, making smaller, making narrower, becoming narrower, narrowing down, drawing together, reducing, shortening, diminishing, squashing, scrunching, decreasing, shrivelling, shriveling, downsizing, getting smaller, flattening, paring down, growing smaller, truncating … more
constringed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of constringe
  2. Synonyms:
      3. compressed, contracted, constricted, condensed, compacted, collapsed, squeezed, shrank, shrunk, shrunken, capsulized, capsuled, tightened, narrowed, telescoped, narrowed down, squashed, concentrated, restricted, scrunched, become narrower, flattened, cramped, straitened, tensed, circumscribed, clenched, reduced, tautened, restrained, pinched, made smaller, become smaller, made narrower, crammed, packed, prest, pressed, crushed, shortened, choked, strangled, diminished, strangulated, confined, decreased, astringed, tucked, shrivelled, shriveled … more
constringing
  1. present participle of constringe
  2. Synonyms:
      3. compressing, contracting, constricting, condensing, compacting, collapsing, squeezing, shrinking, capsulizing, capsuling, tightening, narrowing, telescoping, narrowing down, squashing, concentrating, restricting, scrunching, drawing in, becoming narrower, flattening, cramping, straitening, tensing, circumscribing, clenching, reducing, tautening, restraining, pinching, making smaller, becoming smaller, making narrower, cramming, packing, stuffing, pressing, crushing, shortening, choking, strangling, diminishing, strangulating, confining, decreasing, tucking, astringing, shrivelling, shriveling, curtailing … more
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