straitened circumstances

straitened circumstances
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Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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  • in straitened circumstances — index impecunious, poor (underprivileged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • straitened — (adj.) c.1600, too narrow; 1716, reduced to hardship; see STRAIT (Cf. strait) (n.). Phrase straitened circumstances recorded from 1766 …   Etymology dictionary

  • circumstances — n. 1) adverse, difficult, trying circumstances 2) reduced, straitened circumstances 3) aggravating; extenuating, mitigating circumstances 4) attendant; compelling; exceptional, special; favorable; suspicious; tragic; unavoidable; unforeseen… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • straitened — [[t]stre͟ɪt(ə)nd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If someone is living in straitened circumstances, they do not have as much money as they used to, and are finding it very hard to buy or pay for everything that they need. [FORMAL] His father died when… …   English dictionary

  • straitened — adjective formal in straitened circumstances in a difficult situation because of a lack of money: an elderly spinster living in straitened circumstances …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • straitened — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, badly off, bound, bounded, conditioned, confined, copyrighted, cramped, desperate, destitute, disciplined, distressed, down to bedrock, dwarfed, dwarfish, embarrassed,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • straitened — adjective our straitened circumstances improved once Desmond got his first teaching job Syn: impoverished, poverty stricken, poor, destitute, penniless, as poor as a church mouse, in penury, impecunious, unable to make ends meet, in reduced… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • circumstances — noun 1. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) (Freq. 2) whatever my fortune may be deserved a better fate has a happy lot the luck of the Irish a victim of circumstances success that was her… …   Useful english dictionary

  • straitened — strait|ened [ˈstreıtnd] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: strait narrow ; STRAIT] not having enough money, especially not as much as you had before ▪ the straitened circumstances of post war Japan …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • straitened — strait|ened [ streıtnd ] adjective FORMAL made difficult by financial problems: straitened circumstances …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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