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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited |
| Synonyms: | barred, blocked, bound, bounded, bridled, chained, checked, clogged, closed, confined, controlled, cramped, curbed, decreased, defined, deprived, deterred, diminished, encircled, encircled, fastened, fettered, foiled, frustrated, governed, hampered, held back, hitched, impeded, inhibited, manacled, moderated, modified, narrowed, obstructed, prescribed, prevented, reduced, reined in, repressed, restrained, secured, shortened, small, stayed, stopped, suppressed, surrounded, tempered, tethered |
| Main Entry: | poky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cramped |
| Synonyms: | confined, shabby, small |
| Antonyms: | spacious |
| Main Entry: | stir-crazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uneasy from confinement |
| Synonyms: | antsy, confined, fidgety, having cabin fever, restless |
| Main Entry: | laid-up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sick |
| Synonyms: | ailing, bedridden, broken down, confined, debilitated, declining, defective, delicate, diseased, disordered, down, feeble, feverish, frail, funny*, green*, hospitalized, ill, impaired, imperfect, in a bad way, in poor health, incurable, indisposed, infected, infirm, invalid, lousy, mean, nauseated, not so hot, peaked, poorly, qualmish, queasy, rickety, rocky, rotten, run down, sick as a dog, suffering, tottering, under medication, under the weather, unhealthy, unwell, weak, wobbly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | localized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | local |
| Synonyms: | bounded, civic, confined, district, divisional, geographical, insular, limited, narrow, neighborhood, parish, parochial, provincial, regional, restricted, sectarian, sectional, small-town, territorial, town, vernacular |
| Main Entry: | neck and neck |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close |
| Synonyms: | circumscribed, close-grained, compact, confined, confining, congested, consolidated, cropped, crowded, firm, impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed, narrow, nip and tuck, packed, restricted, short, solid, substantial, thick, tight* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | old-maidish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | genteel |
| Synonyms: | Victorian, affected, aristocratic, artificial, bluenosed, chivalrous, civil, confined, courteous, courtly, cultivated, distingué, elegant, fashionable, formal, graceful, hollow, intolerant, la-di-da, mannerly, noble, ostentatious, polished, polite, pompous, precious, precise, pretentious, priggish, prim, prim and proper, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, refined, respectable, strait-laced, straitlaced, stuffy, stylish, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered |
| Main Entry: | small-town |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | local |
| Synonyms: | bounded, civic, confined, district, divisional, geographical, insular, legendary, limited, narrow, narrow-minded, neighborhood, parish, parochial, provincial, regional, sectarian, sectional, territorial, town, vernacular |
| Main Entry: | stifling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | airless |
| Synonyms: | breathless, close, confined, fetid, heavy*, humid, muggy, stagnant, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, thick, unventilated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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