cramped

[krampt] / kræmpt /

ADJECTIVE

congested, overcrowded

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crowded narrow packed small tiny

STRONG

circumscribed close confined crabbed pent restricted squeezed

WEAK

awkward closed in hemmed in illegible incommodious indecipherable irregular jammed in little minute tight tucked up two-by-four uncomfortable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

big broad-minded empty enormous generous huge large

WEAK

free open uncongested uncramped uncrowded uninhibited unobstructed

Example Sentences

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Psychologically, they counter the angst triggered by cramped, airless, maze-like commuter warrens.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The report said observers witnessed prisoners voting in cramped quarters that didn’t allow for privacy and having to hand their ballots to others to put in the box.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

But under the big open skies and cramped spaces of their eastward journey in a faulty car, traveling between what we glean is a tough past and a hoped-for future, we know something’s off.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Living in cramped, windowless containers and only able to leave for serious medical emergencies, she said inhabitants "felt helpless" during the Iranian attacks.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Dad paced the cramped space, hand-picking his ’fro.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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