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pinched
adjective
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 7
- Starts with
- P
- Ends with
- D
- Contains
- INCHE
- Scrabble score
- 15
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
“a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys”
adjective
sounding as if the nose were pinched
“a whining nasal voice”
adjective
as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
“her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her”
adjective
not having enough money to pay for necessities
In context
Example 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
a whining nasal voice
her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her
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