pinched English

Meaning pinched meaning

What does pinched mean?

pinched

— adjective (= nasal) sounding as if the nose were pinched a whining nasal voice

— adjective (= bony, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold emaciated bony hands 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

— adjective as if squeezed uncomfortably tight her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her

— adjective (= hard up) not having enough money to pay for necessities

Synonyms pinched synonyms

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pinched English » English

gaunt

emaciated

cadaverous

wasted

tweaked

skeletal

pressed

penurious

penniless

nipped

nasal

in straitened circumstances

impecunious

hard up

haggard

bony

adenoidal

uncleared

tormented

thin

stopped-up

stopped up

stopped

squeezed

small

skinny

scrawny

scanty

peaked

pained

oppressed

narrow

lean

harassed

ground

crushed

chilled

Topics pinched topics

What do people use pinched to talk about?

States Big Thick

Thin person

• What words describe a face that is thin?
  pinched drawn gaunt hollow cheeks