pinched

Meanings

Verb

• squeeze tightly between the fingers
  • "He pinched her behind"
• make ridges into by pinching together
• make off with belongings of others
• cut the top off
• irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
• simple past and past participle of pinch

Adjective Satellite

• sounding as if the nose were pinched
• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  • "small pinched faces"
• not having enough money to pay for necessities
• as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
  • "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"

Adj

• Very thin, as if drawn together.
• Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
• Financially hurt or damaged.
• Compressed.

Synonyms

abstract, adenoidal, bony, cabbage, cadaverous, crimp, emaciated, filch, gaunt, haggard, hard up, hook, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, lift, nasal, nip, nobble, penniless, penurious, pilfer, pinch, purloin, skeletal, snarf, sneak, squeeze, swipe, top, tweet, twinge, twitch, vellicate, wasted