claustrophobic
pronunciation
How to pronounce claustrophobic in British English:
UK [ˌklɔ:strəˈfəʊbɪk]
How to pronounce claustrophobic in American English:
US [ˌklɔstrəˈfoʊbɪk]
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- Adjective:
- uncomfortably closed or hemmed in
- suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places
Word Origin
- claustrophobic (adj.)
- 1889, from claustrophobia + -ic. As a noun, "person who has claustrophobia," it is recorded from 1953.
Example
- 1. The effect is intimate but a touch claustrophobic .
- 2. It 's getting rather claustrophobic in here .
- 3. Walking down the narrow hallways of north block , literally surrounded by killers , I couldn 't help but feel claustrophobic .
- 4. It was strip or go home , back to the claustrophobic suburbs I had worked so hard to escape .
- 5. A claustrophobic 's worst nightmare this is the only film to ever take place entirely within the confines of a wooden coffin .