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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 | ||
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