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
Synonyms for "straitened" (120 found)
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feeling the pinchfiniteformalfrugalhard pressedhard upill offill-offimpecuniousimpoverishedin desperate straitsin extremisin extremitiesin narrow circumstancesin queer streetin reduced circumstancesin straitened circumstancesinadequateindigentinsolvent
Adjective(5 words)
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15 entriescompress spaceconstrain movementcurtail expenditurescurtail fundingcut subsidiesdebt-burdenedimpose rationinglimited resourcespoverty-strickenreduce benefitsrestrict accessrestricted accessstrain resourcestight budgettighten belt
Collocations
9 entriesstraitened accessstraitened budgetstraitened budgetsstraitened circumstancesstraitened financesstraitened marketsstraitened opportunitiesstraitened resourcesstraitened times
Inflections
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3 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Mary grew up in straitened circumstances.
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I am finding myself in straitened circumstances because of the recession.
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