cramped en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kɹæmpt/
Meanings
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Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially.
Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room).
1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715: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.
2025 April 16, Pip Dunn, “The future is orange....”, in RAIL, number 1033, page 53: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.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Overcrowded or congested.
- Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
- Illegible.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more cramped | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most cramped | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
uncramped · crampedly · crampedness
Translations (57)
cmn 擁擠 /拥挤 (overcrowded or congested) · tr kramp girmiş (tight because of or like suffering a cramp) · fi täysi (overcrowded or congested) · tr kasılmış (tight because of or like suffering a cramp) · cmn 狹隘 /狭隘 (overcrowded or congested) · cs přeplněný (overcrowded or congested) · sne bidodat (uncomfortably restricted in size) · cmn 擁擠 /拥挤 (uncomfortably restricted in size) · bg претъпкан (overcrowded or congested) · cmn 狹隘 /狭隘 (uncomfortably restricted in size) · tr sıkışık (uncomfortably restricted in size) · fr serré (overcrowded or congested) · sl tesen (uncomfortably restricted in size) · fr être à l'étroit (uncomfortably restricted in size) · de beengt (uncomfortably restricted in size) · de beengt (overcrowded or congested) · es ajustado (uncomfortably restricted in size) · cmn 狹窄 /狭窄 (uncomfortably restricted in size) · sv trång (uncomfortably restricted in size) · cmn 狹促 /狭促 (overcrowded or congested) · pt apertado (uncomfortably restricted in size) · pl ciasny (uncomfortably restricted in size) · bg ограничен (uncomfortably restricted in size) · cmn 狹小 /狭小 (uncomfortably restricted in size) · tr dar (overcrowded or congested) · pt abarrotado (overcrowded or congested) · ru стиснутый (overcrowded or congested) · eo malvasta (uncomfortably restricted in size) · fr contracté (tight because of or like suffering a cramp) · es estrecho (uncomfortably restricted in size) · de verkrampft (tight because of or like suffering a cramp) · fr surchargé (overcrowded or congested) · cmn 狹窄 /狭窄 (overcrowded or congested) · cmn 狹小 /狭小 (overcrowded or congested) · cs stísněný (uncomfortably restricted in size) · es apretado (uncomfortably restricted in size) · fr surpeuplé (overcrowded or congested) · nl krap (uncomfortably restricted in size) · es ceñido (uncomfortably restricted in size) · ru те́сный (uncomfortably restricted in size) · bg схванат (tight because of or like suffering a cramp) · fi ahdas (overcrowded or congested) · az dar (uncomfortably restricted in size) · mnc ᡳᠰᡥᡝᠯᡳᠶᡝᠨ (uncomfortably restricted in size) · fr bondé (overcrowded or congested) · ru стеснённый (overcrowded or congested) · mi pōrorotua (uncomfortably restricted in size) · fr serré (uncomfortably restricted in size) · cmn 狹促 /狭促 (uncomfortably restricted in size) · fi ahdas (uncomfortably restricted in size) · de überfüllt (overcrowded or congested) · tr okunaksız (uncomfortably restricted in size) · mi pōrorotua (overcrowded or congested) · az darısqal (uncomfortably restricted in size) · vi chật chội (uncomfortably restricted in size) · bg притеснен (uncomfortably restricted in size) · tr sıkışık (overcrowded or congested)