straitened

strait ened |ˈstrātnd ˈstreɪtnd | ▶adjective 1 characterized by poverty: they lived in straitened circumstances. 2 restricted in range or scope: their straitened horizons.

straitened

strait |ened |ˈstreɪtnd | ▶adjective 1 characterized by poverty: they lived in straitened circumstances. 2 restricted in range or scope: their straitened horizons.

straitened

straitened adjective our straitened circumstances improved once Desmond got his first teaching job: impoverished, poverty-stricken, poor, destitute, penniless, as poor as a church mouse, in penury, impecunious, unable to make ends meet, in reduced circumstances; informal (flat ) broke, strapped (for cash ); formal penurious.

straitened

straitened adjective he died in 1886, leaving the family in straitened circumstances : impoverished, poverty-stricken, poor, destitute, penniless, on one's beam-ends, as poor as a church mouse, without a sou, dirt poor, in penury, penurious, impecunious, indigent, needy, needful, in need /want, unable to make ends meet, down and out, necessitous, beggarly, moneyless, bankrupt, in reduced circumstances; Brit. on the breadline, without a penny (to one's name ); informal broke, flat broke, cleaned out, strapped for cash, strapped, on one's uppers; Brit. informal stony broke, skint, without two pennies /farthings to rub together, in Queer Street; N. Amer. informal stone broke; rare pauperized, beggared.

straitened

strait ened /stréɪt (ə )nd /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗窮乏した ▸ leave one's family in straitened circumstances (自分の死により )家族を貧窮させる