Meaning & Definition of Pinched in English
English⟶
Pinched
/pɪnʧt/
adjective
1. Sounding as if the nose were pinched
- "A whining nasal voice"
synonym:
- adenoidal,
- pinched,
- nasal
2. 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"
synonym:
- bony,
- cadaverous,
- emaciated,
- gaunt,
- haggard,
- pinched,
- skeletal,
- wasted
3. Not having enough money to pay for necessities
synonym:
- hard up,
- impecunious,
- in straitened circumstances(p),
- penniless,
- penurious,
- pinched
4. As if squeezed uncomfortably tight
- "Her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"
synonym:
- pinched
Examples of using
The young woman slapped the man who pinched her buttocks.
He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.