pinched

Speech parts

1. pinched - Adjective

2. pinched - Verb

4. pinched - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Pinch

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

haggard gaunt nasal wasted skeletal penniless cadaverous emaciated penurious impecunious adenoidal hard up in straitened circumstances wan peaky

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Antonyms

husky tubby large full heavy chubby

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Phrases with the word

pinched-neck be pinched with cold pinched-throat

Examples

For a moment, or a second, the pinched expressions of the cynical, world-weary, throat-cutting, miserable bastards we've all had to become disappears, when we're confronted with something as simple as a plate of food. Anthony Bourdain

I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts, Ellen, and since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him. Emily Brontë

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched. Thomas Fuller

He pinched the name tag and ran his fingers under the letters. "Can you read this, mate? It says C-H-A-R-O-N. Say it with me: CARE-ON." "Charon." "Amazing! Now: Mr. Charon." "Mr. Charon." "Well done. Rick Riordan

The cradle is rocked but the baby is pinched. Malawi Proverb

Nobody cries that has not been pinched. Kikuyu Proverb

Close letter words and terms

pinchcommons pinche pincheck pinched-neck pinched-throat pinchedness