claustrophobic

English

Etymology

claustrophobia +‎ -ic

Adjective

claustrophobic (comparative more claustrophobic, superlative most claustrophobic)

1. (psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space.
2. Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia.
   • 1994, Elizabeth George, Playing for the Ashes‎

     ...within the monstrous arrangements of dried flowers on the table-tops, against the Victorian clutter of that claustrophobic room...

Translations

Suffering from claustrophobia

• Catalan: claustrofòbic (ca)
• Finnish: klaustrofobinen (fi), ahtaanpaikankammoinen (fi)
• French: claustrophobe (fr)
• German: klaustrophobisch (de)

• Italian: claustrofobo (it)
• Spanish: claustrofóbico (es)
• Turkish: klauztrofobik (tr), klauztrofobiya (tr)

Cramped and confined

• Finnish: klaustrofobinen (fi)

• Italian: claustrofobo (it)

Noun

claustrophobic (plural claustrophobics)

1. Someone with claustrophobia

See also

• claustrophobia