claustrophobicadjective
uk/ˌklɒs.trəˈfəʊ.bɪk/us/ˌklɑː.strəˈfoʊ.bɪk/A claustrophobic place is small and closed, and makes you feel uncomfortable when you are in it:
My room's a bit claustrophobic.
used to refer to a person suffering from a fear of being in closed spaces
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Small
- baby
- bijou
- bite-sized
- compact
- diminutive
- dinky
- elfin
- modest
- on the large, small, etc. side idiom
- petite
- pint-sized
- pocket handkerchief
- pocket-sized
- poky
- portable
- shrunken
- side
- skimpy
- undersized
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Fear & phobias
claustrophobicnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌklɒs.trəˈfəʊ.bɪk/us/ˌklɑː.strəˈfoʊ.bɪk/a claustrophobic person
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Fear & phobias
- acrophobia
- aerophobia
- agoraphobic
- alarm
- arachnophobia
- chill
- claustrophobia
- cold sweat
- dread
- fearful
- fright
- homophobia
- horror
- hydrophobia
- hydrophobic
- panic
- panic stations
- phobia
- terror
- xenophobe
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