crampedcramped /kræmpt/ ●○○ adjective 
The kitchen was small and cramped. a cramped apartment The troops slept in cramped conditions with up to 20 in a single room.► see thesaurus at small2 (also cramped up) unable to move properly and feeling uncomfortable because there is not enough space: cramped muscles3writing that is cramped is very small and difficult to read
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- cramped living conditions
- Conditions on board ship were extremely cramped and uncomfortable.
- Five workers were packed into a cramped office.
- I couldn't sleep on the plane - it was too cramped.
- I couldn't wait to move out of my cramped apartment.
- I hated working in that cramped little office.
- They worked from cramped offices near the main station.
- We all felt stiff from having been cramped up in the back of the car for so long.
- By comparison with trying to sleep on the cramped seating of today's long-haul flights it was luxury indeed.
- I was becoming cramped on my branch but daren't move a muscle.
- It was bare, cramped and impersonal.
- It was hot, airless, badly lit, and generally had a cramped below-decks feel to it.
- The cramped dock area began to expand eastwards across the newly exposed terrain.
- The troops have to sleep in cramped conditions on the floor with up to 20 in a single room.
- You rest your cramped arms for a moment and push again.
THESAURUS
not large in size, amount, or effect: · a small boat· small businesses· a small amount of money· small changes
[usually before noun] small – used about objects, places, and living things. Used especially with other adjectives to show how you feel about someone or something: · It’s a very pretty little town.· The poor little dog has hurt its leg.· The cake was decorated with little flowers.
used about prices, rents, levels, or standards: · People on low incomes are finding it difficult to pay fuel bills.· The crime rate in the area is relatively low.
[usually before noun] small and not very important or not very noticeable: · a slight problem· There’s been a slight improvement in his health.· a slight increase in sales
small and not important or not serious: · minor injuries· We’ve made some minor changes to the program.
small – used about places, buildings etc in which space is used effectively, or about phones, cameras, cars etc which are designed to be much smaller than usual: · The apartments are very compact.· a compact camera· It is a pleasant and compact city.
especially British English used about a room, house etc that is too small: · a poky bedroom· a poky flat
used about a space, room, or vehicle that is too small because people do not have enough room to move around: · They all lived together in a cramped apartment.· The car feels cramped with four adults in it.
Longman Language Activatorchairs/places/clothes · She was dressed in a very tight skirt and uncomfortable-looking shoes.· These chairs may look good, but they're very uncomfortable to sit on.
a cramped room, apartment, car etc is uncomfortable because there is not enough space: · cramped living conditions· They worked from cramped offices near the main station.
a room, building, or conditions that are spartan are very simple and without comfortable furniture or unnecessary decorations: · The students' rooms are spartan but clean, with no carpets or central heating.· The hotel was like a different world compared to the spartan accommodation I'd had in the army.
rooms, houses etc that are too small a room, space, or vehicle that is cramped is uncomfortable because there is not enough space inside it for people to move around: · I hated working in that cramped little office.· Conditions on board the ship were extremely cramped.
British also dinky American small, unattractive, and uncomfortable to be in: · The whole family lives in two pokey little rooms at the back of the building.· There was only one dinky store with a few cans of soup and some other useless junk for sale.
when there is not a lot of space when there is only just enough space for things or people to fit: · It was a tight squeeze, but everything eventually fitted into my suitcase.· Put the spare bed in here - it will be a tight squeeze but it's only temporary.
if space is tight , there is not a lot of it: · We sell furniture specially designed for homes where space is tight.· I've never been very good at reversing into tight parking spaces.
if a room or building is cramped , there is not enough space to be able to move around it comfortably: · Conditions on board ship were extremely cramped and uncomfortable.· I couldn't wait to move out of my cramped apartment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The troops slept in cramped conditions with up to 20 in a single room.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a cramped room, building etc does not have enough space for the people in it: The troops slept in cramped conditions with up to 20 in a single room. (=without enough space)· The hostages were held in extremely cramped conditions.
(=too small and not comfortable)· She spends most days shut up in a poky flat looking after her disabled Mum.
The kitchen was small and cramped. a cramped apartment The troops slept in cramped conditions with up to 20 in a single room.► see thesaurus at small2 (also cramped up) unable to move properly and feeling uncomfortable because there is not enough space: cramped muscles3writing that is cramped is very small and difficult to read- cooper
- Cooper, Alice
- cooperate
- cooperation
- cooperative
- cooperatively
- Cooper, Gary
- Cooper, Henry
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Cooperstown
- Cooper, Tommy
- coopt
- coordinate
- coordinating conjunction
- coordination
- coordinator
- Coors
- coot
- cop
- Copacabana
- cope
- Copenhagen
- Copenhagen, the Battle of
- Copernican system
- Copernicus, Nicholas