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Meaning of word pinched from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
pinched adjective
Meaning : Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
Example :
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 : cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted
Meaning : Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
Synonyms : hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious
Meaning : As if squeezed uncomfortably tight.
Example :
Her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her.
