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claustrophobia

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The ability to work remotely filled my days, and large windows with a beautiful view helped to ward off claustrophobia.

What “Framing Britney Spears” evokes so viscerally is the claustrophobia and frustration of being Britney Spears.

When I stepped into his 6- by 13-foot cell, I had instant claustrophobia.

Arachnophobia is an irrational fear of spiders and claustrophobia is an irrational fear of small places.

You hear stories about going loopy from claustrophobia and stuff.

The cigar was his protection, his secret weapon, against the claustrophobia the mosquitero gave him.

I know it's horrible—many of our visitors suffer claustrophobia, but they just must be built that way.

Claustrophobia is the malady of those who have a horror of close quarters from which they can not easily make their escape.

To-day he was feeling the claustrophobia of London more acutely than usual.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to claustrophobia, such as: climbing the walls, distress, neurosis, restlessness, sad, and seasonal affective disorder.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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