pinched, adj.
freq. cnt. 2
freq. cnt. 2
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
cadaverous emaciated gaunt haggard pinched skeletal wasted
sample sentences
"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"
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sounding as if the nose were pinched
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
adenoidal nasal pinched
sample sentences
"a whining nasal voice"
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as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
<adj.all>
pinched
sample sentences
"her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"
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not having enough money to pay for necessities
<adj.all> (p)
hard up impecunious in straitened circumstances penniless penurious pinched
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