1. cramped
The tent was really cramped - we were squashed like sardines.
This room is cramped.
I want to move out of this cramped room as soon as I can.
My leg cramped up as I ran down the stairs to catch a train, and I had to sit down right there in the middle of the stairway.
A little cramped, but we'll make do.
There are a lot of tables for the size of the restaurant; so we felt a bit cramped.
Student flats can be quite cramped if there are a few students living together in one room.
There are a dozen of them living in a two-bedroom flat, so you can imagine how cramped the place is.
The troops slept in cramped conditions with up to 20 in a single room.
it was cramped on the train
It is a bit cramped in here, why don’t you move to a bigger flat?
a cramped room/house / We have six desks in this room, so we're a little cramped (for space).
We had to move to a bigger house when the baby was born, as our flat was too cramped.
He lived for six months in a cold, cramped attic room.
Don`t put that big table into your kitchen, there will be too cramped.