What does Pinched Mean?

Definitions

Definition as Adjective
  • as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
  • sounding as if the nose were pinched
  • very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  • not having enough money to pay for necessities

Examples

  • "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"
  • "a whining nasal voice"
  • "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"

Part of Speech

Adjective