Constricted

con·strict  (kn-strkt)

v. con·strict·ed, con·strict·ing, con·stricts

v.tr.

1. To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing.

2. To squeeze or compress.

3. To restrict the scope or freedom of; cramp: lives constricted by poverty.

v.intr.

To become constricted.

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[Latin cnstringere, cnstrict-, to compress; see constrain.]

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con·strictive adj.

con·strictive·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	constricted - especially tense; especially in some dialects phonetics - the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis tense - pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
	2.	constricted - drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life" unconstricted - not constricted physically or by extension psychologically; "healthy unconstricted arteries"