 pinched |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] sounding as if the nose were pinched | |
| Synonyms: | nasal adenoidal | |
| Examples: | "a whining nasal voice" |
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| Related terms: | high | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | |
| Synonyms: | gaunt bony emaciated haggard cadaverous wasted skeletal | |
| 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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| Related terms: | thin | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not having enough money to pay for necessities | |
| Synonyms: | impecunious in_straitened_circumstances penniless penurious hard_up | |
| Related terms: | poor | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] as if squeezed uncomfortably tight | |
| Examples: | "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her" |
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| Related terms: | constricted | |
| Similar spelling: |
Pinctada |
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