pinched in English dictionary

  • pinched

    Meanings and definitions of "pinched"

    • Simple past tense and past participle of pinch.
    • adjective
      Very thin
    • adjective
      (of a person or their face) tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
    • adjective
      Compressed
    • verb
      simple past tense and past participle of [i]pinch[/i]
    • adjective
      as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"
    • adjective
      not having enough money to pay for necessities
    • adjective
      sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice"
    • adjective
      very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

    Synonyms of "pinched" in English dictionary

    nasal, haggard, constricted are the top synonyms of "pinched" in the English thesaurus.

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