straitened in English

adjective

1

characterized by poverty.

they lived in straitened circumstances

synonyms: impoverished, poverty-stricken, poor, destitute, penniless, as poor as a church mouse, in penury, impecunious, unable to make ends meet, in reduced circumstances, (flat) broke, strapped (for cash), penurious

2

restricted in range or scope.

their straitened horizons

verb

1

make or become narrow.

the passage was straitened by tables

adjective

impoverished, poverty-stricken, poor, destitute, penniless, as poor as a church mouse, in penury, impecunious, unable to make ends meet, in reduced circumstances, (flat) broke, strapped (for cash), penurious

verb

distress

Use "straitened" in a sentence

1. They were straitened for money [ time ].

2. They were straitened for money.

3. He is straitened for want of money.

4. Day by day, they lived more and more straitened.

5. I grow up in straitened but full of love circumstances.

6. Their poverty, their straitened environment touched his heart.

7. In this confinement I began to be straitened for food.

8. Synonyms for Constricted include restricted, confined, limited, straitened, bound, held, restrained, trapped, small and narrow

9. Which you'll find a much more straitened way of life than what I'm offering you?

10. I had lived a lonely childhood and a boyhood straitened by war and overshadowed by bereavement.

11. In addition, a single basic benefit is provided for all women (whether working or not) in straitened circumstances.

12. Bilk In these straitened times, courtesy of the left veering right, university libraries have to balk at being Bilked

13. In criminal procedures, financially straitened citizens may apply for legal aid according to state stipulations for commissioning lawyers, agent ad litem , or defenders.