| ADJECTIVE | all | constricted | especially tense |
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| all | constricted | drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically |
| Sounds | kahnstrih'ktahd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... | |
| Meaning | especially tense; especially in some dialects. | |
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| Category | phonetics | The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis |
| Broader | tense | pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in 'beat') |
| Meaning | Drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically. | |
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| Narrower | narrowed | made narrow |
| pinched | As if squeezed uncomfortably tight | |
| stenosed, stenotic | abnormally constricted body canal or passage | |
| Opposite | unconstricted | not constricted physically or by extension psychologically |
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