English adjective: pinched | |||
1. | pinched sounding as if the nose were pinched | ||
Samples | A whining nasal voice. | ||
Synonyms | adenoidal, nasal | ||
Similar | high, high-pitched | ||
Antonyms | low-pitched, low | ||
2. | pinched very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | ||
Samples | 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 | ||
Similar | lean, thin | ||
Antonyms | fat | ||
3. | pinched not having enough money to pay for necessities | ||
Synonyms | hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious | ||
Similar | poor | ||
Antonyms | rich | ||
4. | pinched as if squeezed uncomfortably tight | ||
Samples | Her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her. | ||
Similar | constricted | ||
Antonyms | unconstricted | ||