claustrophobic love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to or suffering from claustrophobia.
  • adjective Uncomfortably closed or hemmed in.
  • adjective Tending to induce claustrophobia; uncomfortably confined or crowded.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Affected by claustrophobia.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective psychology Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space.
  • adjective Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia.
  • noun Someone with claustrophobia

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective uncomfortably closed or hemmed in
  • adjective suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places

Etymologies

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claustrophobia +‎ -ic

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  • JM may be a closet claustrophobic.

    August 13, 2011