to be cramped

  • 1cramped — [kræmpt] adj 1.) a cramped room, building etc does not have enough space for the people in it →↑crowded ▪ The kitchen was small and cramped. ▪ a cramped apartment ▪ The troops slept in cramped conditions with up to 20 in a single room. 2.) also… …

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  • 2cramped — adj. inconveniently small; restricting movement; of living quarters or workspace; as, cramped quarters; a cramped office. Syn: constricted, inconvenient, uncomfortably small. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 3Cramped in that Funnelled Hole — is a poem by Wilfred Owen. It deals with the atrocities of World War I. Cramped in that Funnelled Hole Cramped in that funnelled hole, they watched the dawn Open a jagged rim around; a yawn Of death s jaws, which had all but swallowed them Stuck… …

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  • 4cramped — [ kræmpt ] adjective 1. ) small and crowded: horribly cramped prison conditions It was cramped in the little cabin. 2. ) feeling uncomfortable in a space that is too small: I felt cramped and uncomfortable …

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  • 5cramped — [krampt] adj. 1. confined or restricted [cramped quarters] 2. irregular and crowded, as some handwriting …

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  • 6cramped — index limited, narrow Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7cramped — [adj] congested, overcrowded awkward, circumscribed, close, closed in, confined, crabbed, crowded, hemmed in*, illegible, incommodious, indecipherable, irregular, jammed in, little, minute, narrow, packed, pent, restricted, small, squeezed, tight …

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  • 8cramped — ► ADJECTIVE 1) uncomfortably small or crowded. 2) (of handwriting) small and difficult to read …

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  • 9cramped — adjective 1 a cramped room, building etc does not have enough space for the people in it: I couldn t sleep on the plane, it was too cramped. | cramped living conditions | cramped offices 2 also cramped up unable to move properly and uncomfortable …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10Cramped — Cramp Cramp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cramped} (kr[a^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cramping}.] 1. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder. [1913 Webster] The mind my be as much cramped by too much knowledge as by… …

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