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crampy

crampy

1 5.7
Too small and tight so you cannot move easily
  • adjective
  • /ˈkræmpi/
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Examples

  • It just felt right, less crampy... it

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  • You're a little bit crampy or maybe a little bloated.

  • You're a little bit crampy or maybe a little bloated.

  • The car was too crampy for my tall friend to sit comfortably in the back seat.

  • After sitting for hours on the crampy couch, my legs felt stiff and sore.

  • She found the small room crampy and wished there was more space to move around.

Synonyms

cramped
vscrampy
37 3.2

A space that is too small for people to move easily

has identical meaning but differs in form or usage in speech and writing

Antonyms

spacious
45 2.5

A large open room or area with plenty of space

roomy
24 2.1

Large with a lot of space inside

How Cramped

crampy
1 5.7
confined
3.7
tight
884 1.0

Surface Forms

crampy positive

Morphology

crampy = cramped (semi-transparent) = cramp + y

The adjective relates to 'cramped' (cramp + -ed) so the semantic link to 'restricted' is present, but the -y formation here is colloquial/analogical and may not be fully predictable.

Etymology

Crampy also comes from cramp, a word about being tight or 'squeezed', and people began to use it for places that feel the same way. So crampy means uncomfortably small or lacking enough room to move.