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What is the adjective for straiten?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb strait which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

strait
  1. (archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
  2. (archaic) Righteous, strict.
  3. (obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting.
  4. (obsolete) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
  5. (obsolete) Difficult; distressful.
  6. (obsolete) Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. cramped, confined, restricted, compact, small, tight, narrow, constricted, tiny, incommodious, uncomfortable, poky, close, crowded, sparse, packed, squeezed, inadequate, congested, jammed, circumscribed, minimal, little, pent, overcrowded, overfull, matchbox, minute, hemmed in, two-by-four, closed in, tucked up, tightly packed, jammed in, limited, confining, meagre, pinched, narrowed, incapacious, exiguous, meager, straitened, choked, shrunken, reduced, boxy, bijou, claustrophobic, wedged … more
straitened
  1. squeezed or confined
  2. Synonyms:
      3. destitute, needy, poor, penurious, indigent, penniless, impecunious, broke, skint, impoverished, bankrupt, needful, necessitous, beggarly, pauperized, strapped, beggared, distressed, moneyless, pinched, reduced, poverty-stricken, in need, in want, flat broke, in reduced circumstances, without a sou, down and out, on the breadline, stony broke, cleaned out, strapped for cash, stone broke, dirt poor, in penury, as poor as a church mouse, without a penny, in Queer Street, unable to make ends meet, without two farthings to rub together, without two pennies to rub together, down at heel, underprivileged, insolvent, ruined, bust, boracic, broken, crippled, hurting … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Due to the financial crisis, many families found themselves in straitened circumstances, struggling to make ends meet.”
straiter
  1. comparative form of strait: more strait
  2. Synonyms:
      3. smaller, tighter, narrower, tinier, pokier, closer, sparser, less, minuter, more cramped, more restricted, more compact, more incommodious, more uncomfortable, more crowded, more packed, more inadequate, more minimal, more overcrowded, more limited, meagrer, more incapacious, more exiguous, meagerer, more straitened, more choked, more shrunken, more reduced, boxier, more bijou, more claustrophobic, more jam-packed, more enclosed, more curbed, more compassed, more bound, scantier, more compressed, more hampered, more restrained, more defined, more finite, more bounded, more tapered, more measured, more definite, scanter, sparer, more contracted, nearer … more
straitest
  1. superlative form of strait: most strait
  2. Synonyms:
      3. smallest, tightest, narrowest, tiniest, pokiest, closest, sparsest, least, minutest, most cramped, most restricted, most compact, most incommodious, most uncomfortable, most crowded, most packed, most inadequate, most minimal, most overcrowded, most limited, meagrest, most incapacious, most exiguous, meagerest, most straitened, most choked, most shrunken, most reduced, boxiest, most bijou, most claustrophobic, most jam-packed, most enclosed, most curbed, most bound, most compassed, most compressed, scantiest, most restrained, most hampered, most bounded, most finite, most tapered, most definite, most defined, most measured, sparest, scantest, nearest, most contracted … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The straitest ties of blood could not secure any one from his detraction.”
straited
  1. simple past tense and past participle of strait
straiting
  1. present participle of strait
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