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Truth is quite constricting, in a way. You endlessly see at the start of a film 'This is a true story'.
Stephen Frears

Meaning of "constricting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONSTRICTING

constricting  [kənˈstrɪktɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONSTRICTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Constricting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONSTRICTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of constricting in the English dictionary

The definition of constricting in the dictionary is inhibiting; limiting.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONSTRICTING


acting
ˈæktɪŋ
affecting
əˈfɛktɪŋ
afflicting
əˈflɪktɪŋ
collecting
kəˈlektɪŋ
conflicting
kənˈflɪktɪŋ
connecting
kəˈnɛktɪŋ
distracting
dɪsˈtræktɪŋ
exacting
ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ
expecting
ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ
fast-acting
ˈfɑːstˌæktɪŋ
heat-conducting
ˈhiːtkənˌdʌktɪŋ
nonconflicting
ˌnɒnkənˈflɪktɪŋ
projecting
prəˈdʒɛktɪŋ
prospecting
prəˈspɛktɪŋ
quick-acting
ˈkwɪkˌæktɪŋ
redistricting
ˌriːˈdɪstrɪktɪŋ
respecting
rɪˈspɛktɪŋ
subcontracting
ˌsʌbkɒnˈtræktɪŋ
superconducting
ˌsuːpəkənˈdʌktɪŋ
unsuspecting
ˌʌnsəˈspɛktɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONSTRICTING

constrain
constrainable
constrained
constrainedly
constrainer
constraint
constrict
constricted
constriction
constrictive
constrictively
constrictiveness
constrictor
constringe
constringence
constringency
constringent
construability
construable
construal

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONSTRICTING

accounting
bioprospecting
double-acting
intermediate-acting
long-acting
method acting
nonconducting
noninteracting
nonintersecting
play-acting
refracting
self-acting
self-correcting
semiconducting
short-acting
single-acting
slow-acting
stamp collecting
straight-acting
tax-collecting
unreflecting

Synonyms and antonyms of constricting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONSTRICTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «constricting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of constricting

Translation of «constricting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONSTRICTING

Find out the translation of constricting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of constricting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «constricting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

收缩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

constricción
570 millions of speakers

English

constricting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाधा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تشنجا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сжимает
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

constrição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

constricting
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

constriction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menghalang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

genden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

収縮
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수축
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Constricting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இப்பெயரால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Constricting
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

constricting
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

costrittivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zwężenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стискає
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

constricting
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασφυκτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beklemmende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bromsande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sammentrekkende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of constricting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSTRICTING»

The term «constricting» is regularly used and occupies the 88.405 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSTRICTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about constricting

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5 QUOTES WITH «CONSTRICTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word constricting.
1
Julian Barnes
Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting.
2
Stephen Frears
Truth is quite constricting, in a way. You endlessly see at the start of a film 'This is a true story'.
3
Dree Hemingway
For me, style is about how you feel that day and what inspires you, as well as taking chances and making mistakes. Everything has to be comfortable. If things are too tight or too constricting, I feel out of my element.
4
David Rakoff
Unless one is planning to go shopping - basically begging to be smothered by the ravening throngs of returners and bargain hunters; an embrace as constricting as that hugging machine designed by autistic author Temple Grandin - then Boxing Day feels like a bar after last call when the lights have been turned up.
5
Raquel Welch
I find clothes so constricting!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONSTRICTING»

Discover the use of constricting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to constricting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Automotive Industries
Constricting Brakes, or band brakes, are of the general type shown in Fig. I, in which i is the brake drum, attached to one of the wheels, and m is band capable of being powerfully constricted around i by a pull upon the lever h, through means ...
2
Intravenous Therapy For Prehospital Providers
Apply a constricting band above the site you have chosen for the insertion to allow blood to fill the veins. A constricting band is used to help create additional vascular pressure to engorge the veins with blood below the constricting band.
Christopher M. Andolsek, 2001
3
The Automobile
Constricting Brakes, or band brakes, are of the general type shown in Fig. I, in which i is the brake drum, attached to one of the wheels, and m is hand capable of being powerfully constricted around i by a pull upon the lever 11, through means ...
4
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In apparatus of the class described, means for constricting a filled sausage casing and forming the same into links, and twirling means operated while said constricting means is engaging said casing for twirling a link formed by a preceding ...
5
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
fabric into a tube, securing the ends of the fulcrum wire or wires, simultaneously bending the ends of all the staves inward at each end of the fabric against the resistance of the fulcrum wire or wires, and securing the ends of the constricting ...
United States. Patent Office, 1910
6
Rosen and Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult
DESCRIPTION r Primary constricting band: A band tightened around an appendage causes swelling and pain (eg, a hair knotted around a toddler's toe). r Secondary constricting band: Injury or disease process that causes swelling and  ...
Jeffrey J. Schaider, Peter Rosen, Roger M. Barkin, 2010
7
Breast Augmentation: Principles and Practice
The absence of the superficial layer of the superficial fascia underneath the areola [24, 26] coupled with the constricting ring [2] formed by the thickening of the superficial fascia [5], especially in the lower pole of the breast, inhibits the ...
Melvin A. Shiffman, 2008
8
Lovell and Winter's Pediatric Orthopaedics
The fibrous bands from the amnionic wall wrap around the digits, causing constricting digital bands, amputations, and syndactylies (256-258). Streeter (259 ) was the first to propose that this syndrome is a mechanical deformation rather than a ...
Wood W. Lovell, Robert B. Winter, Raymond T. Morrissy, 2006
9
Clinical Emergency Medicine Casebook
ANSWER The diagnosis is penile incarceration from a constricting metal ring. An unsuccessful attempt was made in the ED to cut the ring with standard ring cutters. The urologist was urgently consulted and the patient was taken to the ...
Joel T. Levis, Gus M. Garmel, 2009
10
Advanced Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and ...
Apply a constricting band above the site you have chosen for the insertion to allow blood to fill the veins. A constricting band is used to help create additional vascular pressure to engorge the veins with blood below the constricting band.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS),, Rhonda Beck, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONSTRICTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term constricting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Deadly snake makes escape via 20ft-high telephone wire
It is of the five largest snakes in the world and capable of constricting an adult to death. They often live near water but are good climbers and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Penny Lancaster reveals Rod Stewart was advised by doctors to …
The 44-year-old model revealed her 70-year-old husband was advised by doctors to stop wearing such constricting clothing when the couple ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Helicopter Parents Are Causing Their Kids' Mental Health Problems
... this week at Slate) is that these constricting forms of parenting come with serious psychological consequences. Not only are they a severe life-skills retardant, ... «Big Think, Jul 15»
4
Second Heat Wave This Summer to Impact CSRA
Make sure it's not too constricting. Make sure you're drinking plenty of liquids, fluids, water, Gatorade, that sort of thing. Also make sure, if you're ... «WJBF-TV, Jul 15»
5
Democrats call for special session; Republicans say no way
Branstad and Paulsen agreed the language constricting use of the funding would have been difficult to enforce. Copyright 2015 Mason City ... «Mason City Globe Gazette, Jul 15»
6
Descendant of Lazarus founder expands business of his own in …
... when the space they purchased six years ago — a conglomeration of the surrounding historic buildings — proved to be too constricting. «Cincinnati Business Courier, Jul 15»
7
Indian Nations Law Update - July 2015
Over time however, the Court has steadily encrusted the exceptions with qualifications and corollaries, radically constricting their scope. «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
8
Street Style Stars on How to Wear Boyfriend Jeans This Summer
Dresses and shorts may lean too casual or revealing for some, while constricting jeans may be too darn hot for others. Enter boyfriend jeans. «The Fashion Spot, Jul 15»
9
Simple tips to help our politicians save us money
Cut the fat, change your own lifestyles instead of expecting the urban poor to tighten belts already so constricting life is nothing but painful ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
10
5 ways to wear a bralette in the summer
Bralettes are a relaxed alternative to constricting bras, giving you the freedom to experiment with different styles. With lace, crochet and crazy ... «Iowa State Daily, Jul 15»

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