All cramp synonyms
cramp
C c noun cramp
- pain β physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- twinge β a sudden, sharp pain: On damp days, he's often bothered by a twinge of rheumatism.
- stiffness β rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- ache β If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
- convulsion β If someone has convulsions, they suffer uncontrollable movements of their muscles.
- contraction β When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- constipation β Constipation is a medical condition which causes people to have difficulty getting rid of solid waste from their body.
- restriction β something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- stitch β one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- stricture β a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
- circumscription β the act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed
- kink β a twist or curl, as in a thread, rope, wire, or hair, caused by its doubling or bending upon itself.
- crick β If you have a crick in your neck or in your back, you have a pain there caused by muscles becoming stiff.
- obstruction β something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- confinement β Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
- impediment β obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
- hindrance β an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- pang β a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing: a pang of remorse; a pang of desire.
- charley horse β People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
verb cramp
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- constrain β To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- shackle β a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
- clog β When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
- hamper β to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- clasp β If you clasp someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms.
- clamp β A clamp is a device that holds two things firmly together.
- grip β the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- inhibit β to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- thwart β to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- stymie β Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
- handicap β a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- object β anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- impede β to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- limit β the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- circumscribe β If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
- fasten β to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- obstruct β to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- confine β To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- check β Check is also a noun.
- hamstring β (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- bottle up β If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
- constrict β If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower.
- hold back β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
adjective cramp
- confined β If something is confined to a particular place, it exists only in that place. If it is confined to a particular group, only members of that group have it.
- iced β of or made of ice: ice shavings; an ice sculpture.
- on ice β the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- bedfast β bedridden
- shut in β closed; fastened up: a shut door.