cramped
verbadjectiveattested in dialogue
- //kɹæmpt//
Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially.
verb
- 1
Also a form of crampsimple past and past participle of cramp
adjective
- 1
Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially.
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
But the design of the '730s' wasn't just about the seating formation. The Metro-style walkthrough interior was chosen because it is much more spacious than the '323s', where the interconnecting doors between carriages, narrow central aisle, and cramped areas by the passenger doors had been deemed particularly constraining.
- 2
Overcrowded or congested.
- 3
Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
- 4
Illegible.
Forms
- comparative
- more cramped
- superlative
- most cramped
cramped · Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially.
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