claustrophobic
adjective
claus·tro·pho·bic
ˌklȯ-strə-ˈfō-bik 
1
: affected with or inclined to claustrophobia
2
: inducing or suggesting claustrophobia
Examples of claustrophobic in a Sentence
The theater can be a little claustrophobic when it's full.
She doesn't go in elevators because she is claustrophobic.
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That means leaving her claustrophobic clan of single women in Great Neck; Rhea Perlman, Rita Wilson, and Dunham play her grandma, mom, and sister.
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Judy Berman, Time, 10 July 2025
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—Hazel Plush, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
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—Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
Production designer Anthony Gasparro had experience showing claustrophobic Manhattan apartments for Tadpole, and set decorator Amy Beth Silver made the Soho lofts in Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks feel like they were put together by actual New Yorkers with taste.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 June 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 10 July 2025
Its abundant white marble and delicate wooden carvings echo traditional Saudi design and feel cosseting but not claustrophobic.
—Hazel Plush, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
As a result, the book doesn’t come close to explaining her country’s confounding transformation during the two years it was sealed off from the outside world, suspended in an increasingly claustrophobic COVID bubble.
—Rachel Morris, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
Production designer Anthony Gasparro had experience showing claustrophobic Manhattan apartments for Tadpole, and set decorator Amy Beth Silver made the Soho lofts in Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks feel like they were put together by actual New Yorkers with taste.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 June 2025
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“Claustrophobic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/claustrophobic. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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claustrophobic
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claus·tro·pho·bic
ˌklȯ-strə-ˈfō-bik
1
: suffering from or inclined to claustrophobia
2
: inducing or suggesting claustrophobia
claustrophobic
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