Straitened

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of straiten form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Squeezed or confined.

Synonyms

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abstemiousasceticausterebadly offboundbounded

Example

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

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straitened circumstancesstraitened times

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