Associations to the word «Pinched»

Wiktionary

PINCHED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of pinch
PINCHED, adjective. Very thin
PINCHED, adjective. Compressed
PINCHED LOOK, noun. Looking tired and pale

Dictionary definition

PINCHED, adjective. Sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice".
PINCHED, adjective. 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".
PINCHED, adjective. Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
PINCHED, adjective. As if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her".

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