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Meaning of pinched in English
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Classifying Adjective
pinched
Definitions
1.
sounding as if the nose were pinched
Examples
« a whining nasal voice »
Synonyms
high
high-pitched
2.
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Examples
« 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 »
Synonyms
thin
lean
3.
not having enough money to pay for necessities
Synonyms
poor
4.
as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
Examples
« her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her »
Synonyms
constricted