adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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2
adj
Meaning 2
Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
Someone with claustrophobia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
uncomfortably closed or hemmed in
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a claustrophobic little room
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
From claustrophobia + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
claustrofòbic
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Finnish:
klaustrofobinen
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Finnish:
ahtaanpaikankammoinen
— Suffering from claustrophobia
French:
claustrophobe
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Galician:
claustrofóbico
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Galician:
claustrofóbica
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Galician:
claustrófobo
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Galician:
claustrófoba
— Suffering from claustrophobia
German:
klaustrophobisch
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Italian:
claustrofobo
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Italian:
claustrofoba
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Italian:
claustrofobico
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Italian:
claustrofobica
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Norwegian Bokmål:
klaustrofobisk
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Norwegian Nynorsk:
klaustrofobisk
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Portuguese:
claustrofóbico
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Portuguese:
claustrofóbica
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Portuguese:
claustrófobo
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Portuguese:
claustrófoba
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Russian:
клаустрофо́бный
(klaustrofóbnyj)
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Spanish:
claustrofóbico
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Spanish:
claustrófobo
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Turkish:
klauztrofobik
— Suffering from claustrophobia
Turkish:
klauztrofobiya
— Suffering from claustrophobia
