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cramped

(krămpt)

adj.

1. Uncomfortably small or restricted: cramped living quarters.

2. Difficult to read, especially for being crowded into a small space: cramped handwriting.

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cramped

(kræmpt)

adj

1. closed in; restricted

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (esp of handwriting) small and irregular; difficult to read

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cramped

(kræmpt)

adj.

1. confined or severely limited in space: cramped closets.

a. (of handwriting) small and crowded.

b. (of a style of writing) hard to understand; crabbed.

[1670–80]

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Adj.

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

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

cramped

adjective

Affording little room for movement:

close, confining, crowded, narrow, snug, tight.

Translations

étroitement serré

cramped

[kræmpt] ADJ [position] → encogido, incómodo; [room etc] → estrecho; [writing] → menudo, apretado
to live in cramped conditions → vivir en la estrechez
they were all cramped together → estaban apiñados
we are very cramped for space → apenas hay espacio para moverse

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cramped

[ˈkræmpt] adj [accommodation] → exigu(ë)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cramped

adj

space → eng, beschränkt; flat, accommodation, room → beengt; coach, train, plane → überfüllt; we are very cramped (for space) → wir sind räumlich sehr beschränkt

position, person, muscle, limb → verkrampft

handwriting → eng zusammengekritzelt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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.

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I swam more vigorously; but, cramped by my clothes, which stuck to me like a leaden weight, I felt great difficulty in bearing up.

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The descent was effected by means of metallic bars projecting from the sides of the well, and these being adapted to the needs of a creature much smaller and lighter than myself, I was speedily cramped and fatigued by the descent.

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Edna arose, cramped from lying so long and still in the hammock.

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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."

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The third and last is, that it is a vanity to conceive, that there would be ordinary borrowing without profit; and it is impossible to conceive, the number of inconveniences that will ensue, if borrowing be cramped. Therefore to speak of the abolishing of usury is idle.