cramp

I

n

1.(often pi.) muscular contraction, spasm, convulsion, crick, stitch, crink, throe, pang.

v

2. convulse, affect with spasms; incapacitate, cripple, paralyze, lame, maim; hamstring, undermine, unfit, invalidate.

II

n

1. clamp, staple, clasp, fastening.

2. obstruction, block, check, barrier, damper, stopper; restriction, hindrance, stoppage, preclusion, restraint.

v

3. secure, fasten, clamp, staple.

4. confine, restrict, restrain, hamper, hinder, impede, bridle; check, arrest, abort; obstruct, handicap, encumber, clog, saddle with, tie the hands.

5. steer, direct, drive.

6. cramp one’s style

Informal. thwart, frustrate, inhibit, foil, balk; restrain, restrict, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct.

adj

7. indecipherable, illegible, difficult to understand, knotty.

8. contracted, narrow, close, crowded, confined, incommodious, tight, limited, convulsive