ADJECTIVE (2)

1. especially tense; especially in some dialects;

2. drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically;
- Example: "a constricted blood vessel"
- Example: "a constricted view of life"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Constricted \Con*strict"ed\, a.
   1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
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   2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in
      certain places or parts than in others.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Constrict \Con*strict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constricted; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Constricting.] [L. constrictus, p. p. of
   constringere. See Constrain.]
   To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to
   cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
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         Such things as constrict the fibers.     --Arbuthnot.
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         Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their
         contraction serves to constrict.         --Todd &
                                                  Bowman.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

constricted
    adj 1: especially tense; especially in some dialects
    2: drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension
       psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted
       view of life" [ant: unconstricted]