Meaning of pinched in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    pinched

    Definitions

    1. sounding as if the nose were pinched

    Examples

    • « a whining nasal voice »

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  2. 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 »

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  3. 3. not having enough money to pay for necessities

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  4. 4. as if squeezed uncomfortably tight

    Examples

    • « her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her »

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Famous quotes

  • « Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of the face can smile while the other is pinched. »
    Thomas Fuller

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