What does "straitened" mean?

simple past and past participle of straiten

What is a synonym for "straitened"?

Common synonyms include: abstemious, ascetic, austere, badly off, bound, bounded.

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Verb

Adjective

"And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are straitened in the land, the desert hath shut them in."