cramped

[US]/kræmpt/
[UK]/kræmpt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. confined or crowded, causing discomfort or restriction.

Phrases & Collocations

cramped conditions

Example Sentences

were cramped in the tiny cubicle.

rest your cramped arms for a moment.

staff had to work in cramped conditions.

he felt cramped in a large organization.

the room was bare, cramped, and impersonal.

people were shoehorned into cramped corners.

Byron was back aboard the cramped Devilfish.

Lack of money cramped our efforts.

He cooked for himself in the cramped kitchen.

the building's cramped interiors are highly evocative of past centuries.

You must realize that it is arrogance that has cramped your progress.

a fat document, written in very cramped,close handwriting

I walked up and down the aisle to stretch my cramped muscles.

Their hunting grounds are the showers, the cramped, tunnel-like areaway behind the industrial washers in the laundry, sometimes the infirmary.

For years I dreamed of having the sort of massive oak slab that would dominate a room no more child's desk in a trailer laundry-closet, no more cramped kneehole in a rented house.

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