constrictive

[kuhn-strik-tiv]

adjective

1. constricting; tending to constrict.

2. pertaining to constriction.

Other Word Forms

• nonconstrictive adjective
• unconstrictive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of constrictive¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin constrīctīvus, equivalent to constrīct ( us ) ( constrict ) + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

The team tested a preliminary version on healthy subjects who also volunteered to wear a constrictive garment similar to an astronaut's spacesuit.

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“These are very constrictive regulations on top of other development regulations,” said MacCracken.

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But until now, GOP lawmakers had shown little appetite for looking into a member of their party who’s kept up a steady stream of constrictive legal challenges to Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration.

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She said she found the practice constrictive, evocative of a time when she refrained from eating to try to make her body smaller, rather than her faith deeper.

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Corriere della Sera, quoting from the judge’s ruling, said she concluded there was an “absence of constrictive violent behavior” by Haggis.

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