claustrophobic
adjective
claus·tro·pho·bic
ˌklȯ-strə-ˈfō-bik 
1
: affected with or inclined to claustrophobia
2
: inducing or suggesting claustrophobia
Examples of claustrophobic in a Sentence
The theater can be a little claustrophobic when it's full.
She doesn't go in elevators because she is claustrophobic.
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Drop feels even more claustrophobic when Landon overlays Violet’s messages onto the screen.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
Her luminously claustrophobic debut novel, The Longshot (2009), set in the few days leading up to a mixed martial arts fight in Tijuana, Mexico, was an experiment in the opposite direction: utterly absorbing, transporting, and at the same time eerily ersatz.
—Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
Keep Window Treatments Simple Heavy, elaborate window treatments can make a small room feel claustrophobic.
—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025
The claustrophobic authorial perspective, coupled with narration in the present tense, creates a creeping sense of disorientation.
—Sam Worley, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
Her luminously claustrophobic debut novel, The Longshot (2009), set in the few days leading up to a mixed martial arts fight in Tijuana, Mexico, was an experiment in the opposite direction: utterly absorbing, transporting, and at the same time eerily ersatz.
—Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
Keep Window Treatments Simple Heavy, elaborate window treatments can make a small room feel claustrophobic.
—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025
The claustrophobic authorial perspective, coupled with narration in the present tense, creates a creeping sense of disorientation.
—Sam Worley, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for claustrophobic
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“Claustrophobic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/claustrophobic. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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claustrophobic
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claus·tro·pho·bic
ˌklȯ-strə-ˈfō-bik
1
: suffering from or inclined to claustrophobia
2
: inducing or suggesting claustrophobia
claustrophobic
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