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- DictionaryPinched/pin(t)SHt/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or their face) tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger: "her pinched, sallow face"
- 2. hurt by financial hardship: "consumers feel pinched by rising costs in repairs and housing"
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to press something, especially someone's skin, strongly between two hard things such as a finger and a thumb, usually causing pain: Ouch! Stop pinching (me)! These shoes are too tight, they pinch (my feet ). pinch yourself informal.
adjective. us / pɪntʃt / uk / pɪntʃt / Add to word list. A pinched face is thin and pale: He had that pinched look that suggests poverty and lack of nourishment. Synonym. emaciated formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people) be as thin as a rail phrase. be skin and bone (s) idiom. ectomorphic.
3 days ago · 1. (of someone's face) thin and pale, usually because of illness or old age. Her face was pinched and drawn. She was a small woman with pinched features. 2. deprived. they lived in pinched circumstances. Many candidates were pinched for campaign funds. The town's a little pinched for money. The car was pinched for rear seat passenger space.
2 days ago · 1. transitive verb. If you pinch a part of someone's body, you take a piece of their skin between your thumb and first finger and give it a short squeeze. She pinched his arm as hard as she could. Synonyms: nip, press, squeeze, grasp More Synonyms of pinch. 2. countable noun.
Definition of pinched adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of pinched. adjective. as if squeezed uncomfortably tight. “her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her”. synonyms: constricted. drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically. adjective. sounding as if the nose were pinched.
to hamper or inconvenience by the lack of something specified: The builders were pinched by the shortage of good lumber. to stint the supply or amount of (a thing). to put a pinch or small quantity of (a powder, spice, etc.) into something.
