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pinched meaning and definition

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PINCHED adjective

Definition of pinched (adjective)

  1. sounding as if the nose were pinched
  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"
    • synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted
  3. not having enough money to pay for necessities
  4. as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
    • "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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