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cramped

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cramped  (krmpt)
adj.
1. Uncomfortably small or restricted: cramped living quarters.
2. Difficult to read, especially for being crowded into a small space: cramped handwriting.

cramped [kræmpt]
adj
1. closed in; restricted
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (esp of handwriting) small and irregular; difficult to read
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.cramped - constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"
incommodious - uncomfortably or inconveniently small; "incommodious hotel accommodations"

cramped
adjective restricted, confined, overcrowded, crowded, packed, narrow, squeezed, uncomfortable, awkward, closed in, congested, circumscribed, jammed in, hemmed in There are hundreds of families living in cramped conditions.
restricted open, large, spacious, roomy, capacious, uncrowded, commodious, uncongested, sizable or sizeable
Translations
cramped [kræmpt] ADJ [position] → encogido, incómodo; [room etc] → estrecho; [writing] → menudo, apretado
to live in cramped conditionsvivir en la estrechez
they were all cramped togetherestaban apiñados
we are very cramped for spaceapenas hay espacio para moverse
cramped [ˈkræmpt] adj [accommodation] → exigu(ë)
cramped
adj
spaceeng, beschränkt; flat, accommodation, roombeengt; coach, train, planeüberfüllt; we are very cramped (for space)wir sind räumlich sehr beschränkt
position, person, muscle, limbverkrampft
handwritingeng zusammengekritzelt
cramped [kræmpt] adj (room) → angusto/a; (writing) → fitto/a; (position) → rannicchiato/a
cramped [kræmpt] adj (room) → angusto/a; (writing) → fitto/a; (position) → rannicchiato/a


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What it was all about--why he was kept in his cramped prison in the cramped car--he did not ask himself.
Look at those cramped dead firs, ever the same, and at me too, sticking out my broken and barked fingers just where they have grown, whether from my back or my sides: as they have grown so I stand, and I do not believe in your hopes and your lies.
Suppose she grew so tired and cramped that she could hold on no longer
 
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