Synonyms for narrow
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : nar-oh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnær oʊ |
Top 10 synonyms for narrow Other synonyms for the word narrow
Définition of narrow
Origin :- Old English nearu "narrow, constricted, limited; petty; causing difficulty, oppressive; strict, severe," from West Germanic *narwaz "narrowness" (cf. Frisian nar, Old Saxon naru, Middle Dutch nare, Dutch naar); not found in other Germanic languages and of unknown origin. The narrow seas (c.1400) were the waters between Great Britain and the continent and Ireland. Related: Narrowness.
- adj confined, restricted
- adj intolerant, small-minded
- adj cheap, stingy
- verb reduce, simplify
- He little knew how narrow an escape he had had of losing a third!
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- But the narrow path along which Andrew rode was a gantlet to him.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- It was still, however, enveloped in a narrow belt of brigalow.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- The one in which I sat was long and narrow, as all the rest had been, with peaked gables.
- Extract from : « Old Ticonderoga, A Picture of The Past » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Down swooped the great cog into the narrow channel which was the portal to safety.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Never before had he realized how narrow the girl's world had been.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- From the top of the narrow staircase to the foot, and he had lived a year's torment!
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He was armed with a stone hammer, which is no sort of weapon for a narrow passage.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- A narrow lane branched off from the main road at this place.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- I am sick in my soul of narrow apartments and wheels and the rush and roar of the city.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
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