closed in
Converged from all sides
Closed in describes the feeling of being surrounded or confined, often uncomfortably so.
Walls or crowds can make a space feel closed in.
The sensation extends to psychological states—someone overwhelmed by circumstances might say everything felt closed in around me.
Weather that closes in approaches and envelops: The fog closed in on the harbor.
- nearedCame closer to
- moving inEstablishing new residence
- zeroed inFocused with precision
- honed inFocused sharply on
- claustrophobicFearing confined spaces
hemmed in · penned in · suffocated · block · shut in · surround · boxed in · approach · smothered · stifled · engulfed · bearing down · ring · inescapable · trapped · caving in · encroached · cornered
closed infree
Without payment or restriction
liberated · unconfined · unconstrained · unrestricted · at ease
close, closed, closing, enclose, enclosure, enclosed, enclosing, unenclosed