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View usage for: (kræmpt) adjectiveA cramped room or building is not big enough for the people or things in it. There are hundreds of families living in cramped conditions on the floor of the airportlounge. In later years he lived in a rather cramped little flat in Bristol. Synonyms: restricted, confined, overcrowded, crowded More Synonyms of cramped More Synonyms of cramped cramped in British English (kræmpt) adjective2. (esp of handwriting) small and irregular; difficult to read cramped in American English (kræmpt) adjective1. confined or restricted cramped quarters 2. irregular and crowded, as some handwriting Examples of 'cramped' in a sentencecramped The cramped flat and lack of fresh air worsen her difficulties.The foyer felt a little cramped with quite low ceilings in areas.They refused to let the ambassador leave the cramped room for almost two and a half hours.The bedroom he remembered as spacious now seemed rather cramped.The stars will spend up to three weeks in the cramped house.And then you have this business of a lot of plot cramped into a small place.The workers continue to labor in cramped and inefficient conditions.But his current cramped flat is too small for him to get his wheelchair through.That ties into my main feeling that the layout feels cramped and a little claustrophobic.The shortcomings of the cramped rooms are obvious.And houses were smaller and more cramped.The staff were doing their best in horribly cramped and noisy conditions.Campaigners behind the sickening video yesterday renewed their criticisms of rearing turkeys in cramped shed conditions.For some time he stared out from the cramped little pulpit and watched the green sea creep past.But she was unable to perform them because there was too little room in the cramped underground tunnel.The crowded house is going to get a little less cramped and that means a better view of the action.But it felt small and cramped.No room on his cramped balcony.She has often turned up on the doorstep of our cramped flat and spent a few nights on the settee before going home.In fact, the whole flat feels cramped.A second family is also followed as they try to expand their cramped 1960s house.It may be imagined that this Smoking Cabin was rather cramped.His childhood was spent in a cramped terrace house in Nottingham with a long-term unemployed father.It was a rather cramped affair, too, since a horde of schoolboy cricketers had found their way in. In other languagescramped British English: cramped ADJECTIVE A cramped room or building is not big enough for the people or things in it. There are hundreds of families living in cramped conditions on the floor of the airport lounge. - American English: cramped
- Brazilian Portuguese: apertado
- Chinese: 狭促的
- European Spanish: apretado
- French: inconfortable
- German: eng
- Italian: ristretto
- Japanese: 窮屈な
- Korean: 비좁은
- European Portuguese: apertado
- Latin American Spanish: apretado
Chinese translation of 'cramped' adj - [room, building]
狭(狹)小的 (xiáxiǎo de) - [conditions]
受限制的 (shòu xiànzhì de)
n (c/u) -
抽筋 (chōujīn) (阵(陣), zhèn)
vt to cramp sb's style (inf) 使某人不能放开(開)手脚(腳) (shǐ mǒurén bùnéng fàngkāi shǒujiǎo)
to have cramp (in one's leg) (腿)抽筋 ((tuǐ) chōujīn) Definition closed in There are hundreds of families living in cramped conditions. Synonyms overcrowded squeezed uncomfortable awkward closed in circumscribed jammed in hemmed in Opposites open , large , spacious , roomy , capacious , uncrowded , commodious , uncongested , sizable or sizeable Definition (of handwriting) small and irregular Additional synonymsHis long legs were cramped in the confined space. Synonyms restricted, small, limited, narrow, enclosed, crampedDefinition crowded to excess Some areas are congested with both cars and people. Synonyms packed (out), crowded, choked, swarming, overcrowded, teeming, jam-packed, bursting at the seams, crammed full, overpopulated, like the Black Hole of Calcutta, hoatching (Scottish) Definition (of handwriting) cramped and hard to read Synonyms unreadable, laboured, squeezed, awkward, cramped, illegible, indecipherable, hieroglyphical - craggy
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